Salbia ecphaea

Salbia ecphaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Salbia
Species: S. ecphaea
Binomial name
Salbia ecphaea
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Syngamia ecphaea Hampson, 1912

Salbia ecphaea is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are whitish, clouded in parts with fuscous brown. The terminal area is black-brown with a whitish subapical patch and a curved blackish antemedial line. There is a blackish discoidal striga and the postmedial line is blackish, with a black spot at the costa and defined on the outer side by whitish. There is a blackish terminal line and a fine whitish line at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are whitish, tinged with brown. There is a black discoidal point and a blackish shade beyond the cell and from the lower angle to the inner margin before the blackish postmedial line. There is also a fuscous subtermiual shade and a blackish terminal line.[2]

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