Cissusa mucronata

Cissusa mucronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Cissusa
Species:	C. mucronata
Binomial name
	Cissusa mucronata; (Grote, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
	Synedoida mucronata Grote, 1883;

Cissusa mucronata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona and Texas.[2]

The wingspan is 33–35 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, sprinkled with pale points. The hindwings are whitish, with soiled veins, with vague brownish borders.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to September.

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cissusa mucronata (Grote 1883)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
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Grote, A.R. 1882. New species of moths and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist 15(7): 121 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cissusa mucronata (Grote 1883)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

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[3] Grote, A.R. 1882. New species of moths and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist 15(7): 121 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.