Cynaeda hilgerti

Cynaeda hilgerti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cynaeda
Species: C. hilgerti
Binomial name
Cynaeda hilgerti
(Rothschild, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Noctuelia hilgerti Rothschild, 1915

Cynaeda hilgerti is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1915. It is found in Algeria.[1]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are sandy buff, suffused with white in the central one-third. There is an antemedian brown band and a discocellular black stigma, as well as a postmedial band of black spots and a black terminal line. The hindwings are buff with a brown postmedian line and a black-brown terminal line. Adults have been recorded on wing in April.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 243