External Morphological Study Of Crambidia Pallida Packard, 1864 Arctiidae – Lepidoptera - Insect From Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

This study was from May 2023 to March 2024 from many localities of this bio-diverse country. This study found one species of insect, Crambidia pallida Packard 1864, belonging to the family Arctiidae of the order Lepidoptera and its an insect Arthropoda in Baghdad, Iraq. The specimens were identified based on morphological characteristics, especially reproductive organs and geographical distribution. The larvae of some species of this family are hairy, and feed on different types of plants, which makes them of great economic importance. Specimens were collected from mulberry trees and clover plants by air netting with the help of fluorescent lights at night and killed by placing them in plastic bottles containing ethyl acetate 70% . The collected specimens were identified and compared with identification keys and a taxonomic note was given to the newly recorded species. Its were classified it morphologically by focusing on some of the phenotypic traits, and photographing the specimens using a mobile camera.