| Hileithia nacobora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Hileithia |
| Species: | H. nacobora |
| Binomial name | |
| Hileithia nacobora (Dyar, 1914) | |
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Hileithia nacobora is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama. [1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The wings are white, tinged with creamy and with small costal dots. The lines are slender and blackish. There is a dusky shade between the inner and outer lines of the hindwings. [2]
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