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Hydrorybina violascens

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Hydrorybina violascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Hydrorybina
Species:
H. violascens
Binomial name
Hydrorybina violascens
(Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Clupeosoma violascens Hampson, 1917

Hydrorybina violascens is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are cupreous-red brown with a purplish gloss. There is an oblique dark brown antemedial line and a dark discoidal bar. The postmedial line is black brown and the termen is black brown with a silvery gloss. The hindwings are cupreous-red brown with a purplish gloss. The costal area is whitish with some dark irroration (speckling) below the end of the cell, as well as a black postmedial line.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Hampson, George F. (1917). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae, Scoparianae, &c". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 20 (118). Taylor and Francis: 275–276 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.