Blepharomastix fusalis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Blepharomastix |
Species: | B. fusalis
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Binomial name | |
Blepharomastix fusalis (Hampson, 1917)
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Blepharomastix fusalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in Colombia.[1]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale red-brown with a cupreous gloss and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costa is darker towards the base and there is an indistinct brown antemedial line, as well as a small white spot in the middle of the cell and a white discoidal bar. The postmedial line is dark and indistinct and there is a terminal series of black points. The hindwings are white, the terminal area tinged with cupreous red-brown except towards the tornus. There is a blackish discoidal point and an indistinct dark postmedial line and a terminal series of black bars.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.