Donacaula uxorialis

Donacaula uxorialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Donacaula
Species:	D. uxorialis
Binomial name
	Donacaula uxorialis; (Dyar, 1921)
Synonyms
	Schoenobius uxorialis Dyar, 1921[1];

Donacaula uxorialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida and Texas.

The length of the forewings is 16–25 mm. The forewings are yellowish white, irrorated (sprinkled) with brown and with yellowish-white scales at the costal margin. The hindwings are yellowish white.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October.[4]

References

Dyar, Harrison G. (1921). "New American Lepidoptera and Records". Insecutor Inscitiæ Menstruus. 9 (7–9): 143.
Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.
Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

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[Dyar,_1921-1] Dyar, Harrison G. (1921). "New American Lepidoptera and Records". Insecutor Inscitiæ Menstruus. 9 (7–9): 143.

[2] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[3] Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.

[4] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University