Conchylodes nissenalis

Conchylodes nissenalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Conchylodes
Species: C. nissenalis
Binomial name
Conchylodes nissenalis
(Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Aulacodes nissenalis Schaus, 1924

Conchylodes nissenalis is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The wings are white with fine tawny olive markings. There is a point at the base of the costa of the forewings, as well as a subbasal oblique line on the costa and a point beyond in the cell and a point below it. The antemedial line runs from the cell to the inner margin and there is a large annulus in the cell and on the discocellular. There is a medial lunule below the cell and various streaks on the veins. The hindwings have antemedial and medial wavy lines and a line between them in the cell.[3]

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