Blepharomastix leuconephralis

Blepharomastix leuconephralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Blepharomastix
Species:	B. leuconephralis
Binomial name
Blepharomastix leuconephralis (Hampson, 1918)
Synonyms
Lamprosema leuconephralis Hampson, 1918

Blepharomastix leuconephralis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Colombia.^[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are silvery white, with a pale red-brown costal area. The antemedial line is pale red-brown and there is a small pale red-brown annulus in upper part of the middle of the cell. The reniform is white, defined by pale red-brown and the postmedial line is also pale red-brown. There is a diffused very pale red-brown patch on the terminal area below apex, then a very pale red-brown terminal line. The hindwings are silvery white with a faint pale red-brown discoidal bar. The postmedial line is pale red-brown.^[2]

References

1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. The annals and magazine of natural history: zoology, botany, and geology