Lissophanes

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Lissophanes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Glaphyriinae
Genus: Lissophanes
Warren, 1891 [1]
Species:
L. ceramica
Binomial name
Lissophanes ceramica
Warren, 1891

Lissophanes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Lissophanes ceramica, which is found in Peru. [2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale cream, suffused with dull pale olive and dusted with greyish. The hindwings are dull olive-grey, spotted with white and with a dark grey basal line. [3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lissophanes ceramica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  3. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (43): 67 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .