Chorrera extrincica

Chorrera extrincica is a species of snout moth in the genus Chorrera. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is found in the United States on the Florida Keys[1] and Cuba.[2]

Chorrera extrincica
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C. extrincica
Binomial name
Chorrera extrincica
(Dyar, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Rhodophaea extrincica Dyar, 1919

The larvae feed on Waltheria indica.[3]

References

  1. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chorrera extrincica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  3. Descriptions of and Notes on Larval Habits of Four Immature Phycitines in the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


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