Arthromastix
| Arthromastix | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Arthromastix Warren, 1890[1] |
| Species: | A. lauralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Arthromastix lauralis (Walker, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Arthromastix is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Arthromastix lauralis, which is found in Central America (including Belize,[2] Costa Rica),[3] South America (including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina), as well as the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
The forewings are yellowish white with a broad cupreous-brown border and a yellow marginal line.[4]
The larvae feed on Trichostigma octandrum.[5]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ↑ Moths of Belize
- ↑ BOLD Systems
- ↑ Australia, Royal Society Of South. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated), 1905
- ↑ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 17: 358
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