Lipocosma calla

Lipocosma calla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Lipocosma
Species: L. calla
Binomial name
Lipocosma calla
(Kaye, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Neurophyseta calla Kaye, 1901
  • Homophysa calla
  • Glaphyria calla

Lipocosma calla is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Kaye in 1901.[1] It is found from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern South America.

Both the fore- and hindwings are pale yellow to yellow-orange with pale brown lines. There is a dense linear cluster of scales on the hindwings.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Costa Rican Glaphyriinae
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