Hileithia sparsalis

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Hileithia sparsalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Hileithia
Species:
H. sparsalis
Binomial name
Hileithia sparsalis
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Bocchoris sparsalisDyar, 1914

Hileithia sparsalis 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]

Description

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The wings are straw yellow tinged with small costal dots on the forewings. There is a dark shade along the margins of both wings. [2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2050): 267 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .