Phostria albescentalis
| Phostria albescentalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Phostria |
| Species: | P. albescentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phostria albescentalis Hampson, 1918 | |
Phostria albescentalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu), Kenya and Mozambique.[2]
The inner margin of the forewings has a small black spot at its extremity and there is a curved blackish antemedial line, as well as a small black spot in the middle of the cell and an elliptical discoidal spot. The postmedial line is blackish and there is a slight blackish terminal line. The basal half of the hindwings is white and the terminal half is whitish suffused with pale grey-brown. There is a small oblique black discoidal spot and a diffused dark postmedial line, as well as an indistinct diffused curved brown subterminal line and a black terminal line.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1918: Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 1918