Crambidia xanthocorpa (Lewis, 2014)

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Identification: Crambidia xanthocorpa is superficially most similar to Crambidia cephalica; it usually can usually be distinguished by the white patagia, tegulae, and prothorax of eastern specimens of the latter, which are pale to butter yellow in C. xanthocorpa" .

Wing Span: 2.4-3.0 cm

Life History:

Flight: Late May to August

Caterpillar Hosts: Suspected to be fungi growing on mature dead pine tree trunks

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: New York south to Georgia in the east and west from Ohio south into Mississippi, east of the Mississippi River.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

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