Elophila bourgognei

Elophila bourgognei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Elophila[1]
Species: E. bourgognei
Binomial name
Elophila bourgognei
Leraut, 2001

Elophila bourgognei is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in France.[2]

The body and wings are white. Males have traces of a submarginal grey line, while the forewings of the females are almost completely white. The hindwings of the males have only weak traces of ante- and postmarginal lines. These lines are present in females. The is a brownish grey discocellular spot on the hindwings of both sexes.[3]

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de


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