Criophthona trileuca

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Criophthona trileuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Criophthona
Species:
C. trileuca
Binomial name
Criophthona trileuca
Lower, 1903

Criophthona trileuca is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It is found in Australia, [2] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous with three moderately thick waved dark fuscous transverse fasciae, as well as a small a snow-white spot near the base and a well-defined similar spot on the middle of the first fascia and a third similar spot on the middle of the second fascia. There is a fine dentate line along the termen. The hindwings are pale fuscous with a dark fuscous waved line from beneath the costa at three-fourths to the anal angle. There is a small fuscous mark on the inner margin at two-thirds and a line along the termen. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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