Dark Gray Lichen Moth
Crambidia lithosioides Dyar, 1898
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Hodges #8045
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Source: Wikipedia

Crambidia lithosioides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Crambidia
Species:
C. lithosioides
Binomial name
Crambidia lithosioides
Dyar, 1898[1]

Crambidia lithosioides, the dark gray lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1898. It is found in the United States from North Carolina to Florida and from Kentucky to Mississippi.

The larvae feed on lichens.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. ^ Bug Guide