Petrophila fulicalis

Petrophila fulicalis
Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Petrophila
Species:	P. fulicalis
Binomial name
Petrophila fulicalis (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
Cataclysta fulicalis Clemens, 1860 Elophila fulicalis Argyractis fulicalis Parargyractis fulicalis Cataclysta angulatalis Lederer, 1863

Petrophila fulicalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Clemens in 1860.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia.^[2]

The wingspan 13–18 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with greyish-brown bands and dark speckling. The hindwings are white with a dark median band, a patch of dark speckling near the costa and a line of black pale-centered spots along the outer margin. Adults are on wing from late May to October.

The larvae are aquatic and probably feed on diatoms and algae.^[3]

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