Apogeshna stenialis

Apogeshna stenialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Apogeshna
Species:	A. stenialis
Binomial name
Apogeshna stenialis (Guenée, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
Isopteryx stenialis Guenée, 1854 Hydrocampa australis Hulst, 1886 Samea acestealis Walker, 1859 Asopia phaerusalis Walker, 1859 Blepharomastix sagralis Druce, 1895

Apogeshna stenialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from Maine to Florida, west to Alabama, Illinois and Ohio.^[2] It is also found in Mexico (Vera Cruz, Tabasco), Panama, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are variably bright to pale yellow along the costa and brown along the inner margin and beyond the postmedial line. There is a hollow oval spot in median area, and another descending from the antemedial line. The hindwings are brown with large dark-edged pale patches. The fringes are dark with scattered pale patches. Adults are on wing in spring and summer.

References

1. "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
2. "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-11.