Blepharomastix monocamptalis

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

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

The wingspan is 24-28 mm. The forewings are silvery white faintly tinged with pale red-brown and a pale red-brown costal area, but leaving the costal edge white on the medial area. The antemedial line is red-brown and there is a red-brown discoidal bar, as well as a red-brown postmedial line and a rather diffused red-brown terminal line. The hindwings are white, faintly tinged with pale red-brown and with a red-brown discoidal bar. The postmedial line is red-brown and there is a pale red-brown subterminal shade, as well as a fine red-brown terminal line.[2]

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