| Nascia acutellus | |
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| Nascia acutella, Streaked Orange Moth (Hodges #4937). SERC, Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, MD - 08/10/16. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Verified by Roger Downer (BAMONA). | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Nascia |
| Species: | N. acutellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nascia acutellus (Walker, 1866) | |
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Nascia acutellus, the streaked orange moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Nebraska, Michigan and Ontario. It was also reported from Colorado. [2] The habitat consists of wet grassy areas with sedges.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae probably feed on Cyperaceae species. [3]
