Blepharomastix griseicosta

Blepharomastix griseicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Blepharomastix
Species: B. griseicosta
Binomial name
Blepharomastix griseicosta
(Hampson, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Lamprosema griseicosta Hampson, 1918

Blepharomastix griseicosta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 26-28 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a grey-brown costal area and a faint brown antemedial line, as well as a curved dark brown discoidal striga. The postmedial line is grey-brown with a blackish bar at the costa and there is a grey-brown terminal line. The hindwings are silvery white with a pale grey-brown postmedial line and a grey-brown terminal line, except towards the tornus.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1918: Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 1918 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.


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