WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Crambidae 80a1517.5n – 5383.5   Coloradactria frigida Warren, Ferris & Landry, 2025

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Distribution: USA: CO. Description/ Field Marks: Females are brachypterous (wingless). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: frigida Warren, Ferris & Landry, 2025 (Coloradactria) - MONA 1983: [NEW since Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)]; Holotype: "USA, Colorado, Douglas Co., Castle Pines North". Taxonomic Notes: Coloradactria frigida Warren, Ferris & Landry, 2025, n. sp., is the type and sole member of the genus Coloradactria Landry & Léger.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Warren, A.D., C.D. Ferris, B. Landry, J. Gauthier, T. Léger, J. Bilat, C.A. Nunes, 2025. A new genus and species of Crambinae (Pyraloidea: Crambidae) with Brachypterous females from Colorado, U.S.A.. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 73-84.

Photographs are needed for this species.

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone