Conchylodes nissenalis

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Conchylodes nissenalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Conchylodes
Species:
C. nissenalis
Binomial name
Conchylodes nissenalis
(Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Aulacodes nissenalisSchaus, 1924

Conchylodes nissenalis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by William Schaus in 1924. [1] It is found in Peru. [2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The wings are white with fine tawny-olive markings. There is a point at the base of the costa of the forewings, as well as a subbasal oblique line on the costa and a point beyond in the cell and a point below it. The antemedial line runs from the cell to the inner margin and there is a large annulus in the cell and on the discocellular. There is a medial lunule below the cell and various streaks on the veins. The hindwings have antemedial and medial wavy lines and a line between them in the cell. [3]

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aulacodes nissenalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. Schaus, W. (May 1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 118 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .