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
  • Salbia lauralis Walker, 1859
  • Ceratoclasis verecundalis Berg, 1874

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

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  2. ↑ Moths of Belize
  3. ↑ BOLD Systems
  4. ↑ Australia, Royal Society Of South. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated), 1905
  5. ↑ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 17: 358


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