A Two-banded Petrophila Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (9/3/2022).

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A Two-banded Petrophila Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/24/2013).

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A Two-banded Petrophila Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/25/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Two-banded Petrophila Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/19/2013).

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Two-banded Petrophila Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 873518 - Psn: 62)

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Two-banded Petrophila Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/1/2015). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Two-banded Petrophila Moth.

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Petrophila bifascialis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Petrophila
Species:	P. bifascialis
Binomial name
*Petrophila bifascialis* (Robinson, 1869)
Synonyms
Cataclysta bifascialis Robinson, 1869 Elophila bifascialis Argyractis bifascialis Parargyractis bifascialis

Petrophila bifascialis, the two-banded petrophila moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson in 1869.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Ontario.^[2]

The wingspan is between 11 and 24 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September.

The larvae are aquatic, feeding on diatoms and algae.^[3]

References

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^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Bug Guide

Taxon identifiers
Petrophila bifascialis	Wikidata: Q14084441 Wikispecies: Petrophila bifascialis BAMONA: Petrophila-bifascialis BioLib: 1348558 BOLD: 52738 BugGuide: 10996 CoL: 6V6DH EoL: 254660 GBIF: 5127357 iNaturalist: 227599 IRMNG: 11314640 ITIS: 117685 LepIndex: 19254 MONA: 4774 NatureServe: 2.744406 NCBI: 1720730 Open Tree of Life: 3162134

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Two-banded Petrophila Moth

Petrophila bifascialis (Robinson, 1869)

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