Tylostega photias
| Tylostega photias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tylostega |
| Species: | T. photias |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylostega photias Meyrick, 1894 | |
Tylostega photias is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1894. It is found on Borneo.[1]
The wingspan is 20-21 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the inner margin suffused with ochreous towards the middle. There is a suffused pale ochreous streak along the costa. The lines are dark fuscous, forming blackish spots on the costa. There is a blackish discal mark and a blackish hindmarginal streak, including a series of whitish dots. The hindwings are whitish with a fuscous base. There is a broad, rather dark fuscous hindmarginal band, the anterior edge suffused with ochreous. There is also a fuscous mark in the disc near and before this, as well as a hindmarginal series of connected white dots.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1894 (3) : 458
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