Leucochroma corope

Leucochroma corope is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stoll in 1781. It is found from the West Indies and Central America (including Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica)^[1] to South America (including Suriname and Colombia).^[2] It is an introduced species in Florida.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Leucochroma corope
I: "(Phalaena) Corope" ( = Leucochroma corope (Stoll, [1781])
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Leucochroma
Species:	L. corope
Binomial name
Leucochroma corope (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
Synonyms
Phalaena corope Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781 Botys selectalis Walker, 1866 Leucochroma coropealis Guenée, 1854 Epipagis corrivalis Hübner, [1825] Leucochroma minoralis Warren, 1889 Leucochroma mineralis Phalaena Pyralis splendidalis Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781

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The wingspan is about 23 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from January to June, in August and from November to December in Florida.^[4]