Cosmopterosis thetysalis
| Cosmopterosis thetysalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Cosmopterosis |
| Species: | C. thetysalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmopterosis thetysalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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Cosmopterosis thetysalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1859.[1] It is found from southern Venezuela and north-western Brazil north to the coast of Surinam and French Guiana.[2]
The apical and tornal areas of the forewings are brown with a yellow spot from the costa to the middle of the wing. The subterminal line is silver. The hindwings have a linear patch consisting of white scales, intermixed with brown scales. There are five large marginal spots.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Phylogenetic Analysis of Cosmopterosis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) with Discussions on Male Secondary Sexual Characters and Larval Feeding on Capparis (Capparaceae) in the Pyraloidea and Lepidoptera (Insecta)
- ↑ Costa Rican Glaphyriinae
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