Sitochroa chortalis

Sitochroa chortalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sitochroa
Species:	S. chortalis
Binomial name
	Sitochroa chortalis; (Grote, 1873)
Synonyms
	Eurycreon chortalis Grote, 1873; Loxostege chortalis;

Sitochroa chortalis, the dimorphic sitochroa moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to southern British Columbia, south to New Jersey, Arizona and northern California.^[2] The habitat consists of grassland and prairie areas.

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Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-July.^[3]

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