Cacotherapia leucocope
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Cacotherapia leucocope is a species of snout moth
in the genus Cacotherapia
. It was described by Dyar in 1917, and is known from Colorado
, U.S.A
.
The wingspan
is about 18 mm.
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
in the genus Cacotherapia
Cacotherapia
Cacotherapia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Dyar, in 1904, and is known from the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama.-Species:* Cacotherapia angulalis...
. It was described by Dyar in 1917, and is known from Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, U.S.A
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 18 mm.