Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth

Asciodes gordialis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae

Asciodes gordialis, the bougainvillea caterpillar moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found across the southern United States, in the West Indies (including Cuba and the Dominican Republic) and in South America (including French Guiana, Ecuador and Argentina).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionAsciodes gordialis, Wikipedia contributors

Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth

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