Cosipara delphusa

Cosipara delphusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Cosipara
Species: C. delphusa
Binomial name
Cosipara delphusa
(Druce, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia delphusa Druce, 1896

Cosipara delphusa is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Druce in 1896.[1] It is found in Mexico and Guatemala.

The forewings are pale greyish-brown, crossed by two waved white lines edged with black on the inner side. There is a dark brown spot partly crossing the wing from the costal margin towards the base. The hindwings are semihyaline greyish-white, slightly shaded with brown near the apex.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ The North American Nymphulinæ and Scopariinæ; Harrison G. Dyar; Journal of the New York Entomological Society; Vol. 14, No. 2 (Jun., 1906) , pp. 77-107; Published by: New York Entomological Society


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