Hileithia apygalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Hileithia |
| Species: | H. apygalis
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| Hileithia apygalis (Guenée, 1854)
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Hileithia apygalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Colombia,[1] Panama and Tabasco, Mexico.
Description
[edit]The forewings and hindwings are dusky white, the former crossed from the costal to the inner margin by five fine-waved blackish-brown lines, the costal margin spotted with black, the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered with dark grey. The marginal line is black. The hindwings are crossed by three dark waved lines, the apex is dark grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Druce, Herbert (1900). "BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA, INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA-HETEROCERA". Biologia Centrali-Americana. 2. London: 238.
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