Aporocosmus

Aporocosmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Aporocosmus
Butler, 1886[1]
Species: A. lamprodeta
Binomial name
Aporocosmus lamprodeta
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Eurycreon lamprodeta Meyrick, 1886
  • Aporocosmus bracteatus Butler, 1886
  • Exeristis argyresthalis Hampson, 1913

Aporocosmus is a genus of moths of the Sterner family. It contains only one species, Aporocosmus lamprodeta, which is found in New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are pale yellow with a pattern of dark-edged bands and spots. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening towards the margins.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
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