Sclerocona
Sign in to saveSclerocona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae which contains only one species, Sclerocona acutella (also known as the streaked orange moth). It was first described by the Prussian biologist Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1842.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Crambidae
- Collections
- ANSP, MZLU
- Recorded in
- United States
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Sclerocona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae which contains only one species, Sclerocona acutella (also known as the streaked orange moth). It was first described by the Prussian biologist Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1842.
==Life cycle== The wingspan is 25–28 mm. Adults are light brown. Larvae have been recorded feeding on corn (Zea species), nightshade and tomato (Lycopersicon species), hop (Humulus species), reed (Phragmites species) and wild bean (Phaseolus species).
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