Cnaphalocrocis sordidalis

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Cnaphalocrocis sordidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cnaphalocrocis
Species:C. sordidalis
Binomial name
Cnaphalocrocis sordidalis
(Rothschild, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Marasmia sordidalisRothschild, 1915
  • Syngamia sordidalis

Cnaphalocrocis sordidalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1915. It is found on Seram. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Crambidae Family of insects

The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes.

Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild British politician

Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild,, was a British banker, politician, zoologist and scion of the Rothschild family. As a prominent Zionist leader, he was presented with the famous Balfour Declaration which pledged to a Jewish national home in Palestine. Rothschild was the President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1925 to 1926.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.