Xanthophysa

Xanthophysa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1964. It contains only one species, Xanthophysa psychialis, the xanthophysa moth, described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina and Tennessee.^[2][3]

Xanthophysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Glaphyriinae
Genus:	Xanthophysa Munroe, 1964[1]
Species:	X. psychialis
Binomial name
Xanthophysa psychialis (Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
Botis psychialis Hulst, 1886

The length of the forewings is 6–7 mm.^[4] Adults are on wing from March to October.