Myriostephes matura

Myriostephes matura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Myriostephes
Species: M. matura
Binomial name
Myriostephes matura
Meyrick, 1884

Myriostephes matura is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1884. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow, often shading to brownish ochreous posteriorly. The costal edge is dark fuscous from the base to beyond the middle and then yellowish white to four-fifths. The lines are ochreous-fuscous. The hindwings are yellow ochreous, posteriorly suffused with fuscous and with a faint discal spot.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1884 (3): 328


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