Vaxi critica
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Calamotrophini |
| Genus: | Vaxi |
| Species: | V. critica
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Vaxi critica, the straight-lined vaxi or straight-lined argyria moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1920.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine and Ontario, south to Florida and west to Illinois. The habitat consists of fields and meadows.
Adults are on wing from June to September in the northern part of the range and from March to July in Florida.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "800820.00 – 5466 – Argyria critica – Straight-lined Argyria Moth – Forbes, 1920". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Cotinis (July 3, 2016). "Species Vaxi critica - Straight-lined Vaxi - Hodges#5466". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 6 January 2022.