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Colomychus florepicta

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Colomychus florepicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Colomychus
Species:
C. florepicta
Binomial name
Colomychus florepicta
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Syngamia florepicta Dyar, 1914

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

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from MexicoPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.