Niphopyralis chionesis

Niphopyralis chionesis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Niphopyralis
Species:	N. chionesis
Binomial name
Niphopyralis chionesis Hampson, 1919

Niphopyralis chionesis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland,^[1] Western Australia and the Northern Territory.^[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are glossy white and thickly scaled, with traces of a waved fuscous antemedial line except towards the costa. There is a faint sinuous medial line angled outwards beyond the cell and ending at the submedian fold. There is a rather more distinct subterminal line, excurved from below the costa to vein 2, then oblique and sinuous. There is also a terminal series of blackish striae. The hindwings are glossy white with a faint brownish shade beyond the cell and a slight blackish terminal line to near the tornus and a point at the submedial fold.^[3]

References

1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
3. Ann. Mag. Nat. hist. (9) 4 (23): 307