Blepharomastix griseicosta
| Blepharomastix griseicosta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Blepharomastix |
| Species: | B. griseicosta |
| Binomial name | |
| Blepharomastix griseicosta (Hampson, 1918) | |
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Blepharomastix griseicosta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]
The wingspan is 26-28 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a grey-brown costal area and a faint brown antemedial line, as well as a curved dark brown discoidal striga. The postmedial line is grey-brown with a blackish bar at the costa and there is a grey-brown terminal line. The hindwings are silvery white with a pale grey-brown postmedial line and a grey-brown terminal line, except towards the tornus.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1918: Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 1918
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