Colomychus florepicta
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Colomychus |
Species: | C. florepicta
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Binomial name | |
Colomychus florepicta (Dyar, 1914)
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Colomychus florepicta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.[1]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The wings are rose pink with pale yellow patches edged by dark lines. The forewings with a small hyaline-white spot near the base of the cell, as well as a double yellow patch. The hindwings have a broad median band, widening in its central third, leaving a narrow rose-pink margin. There is a white-hyaline spot in the cell.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from Mexico This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.