Crambidia impura

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Crambidia impura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Crambidia
Species:
C. impura
Binomial name
Crambidia impura

Crambidia impura is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. [1] There are two disjunct populations. It has been recorded from southern Rocky Mountain states, the Yukon and northern British Columbia and Alberta. The habitat consists of stabilized sand dunes dominated by open jack pine forests.

Adults are light grey. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae probably feed on lichens. [2]

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References

  1. "930224.00 – 8050 – Crambidia impura – Barnes & McDunnough, 1913". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  2. Robinson, E.; Schmidt, B. C. "Species Page - Crambidia impura". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2019.