Phostria buckleyi

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Phostria buckleyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Phostria
Species:
P. buckleyi
Binomial name
Phostria buckleyi
(H. Druce, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Phryganodes buckleyiH. Druce, 1902

Phostria buckleyi is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1902. It is named for the naturalist Samuel Botsford Buckley. It is found in Ecuador. [1]

Description

The forewings are chrome yellow, darkest at the base of the costal margin. There is a rather wide band crossing the wing just beyond the cell, and the apex and outer margin are dark purplish brown. The hindwings are pale chrome yellow, but the apex and outer margin are purplish brown to the middle. A faint brown line extends from the end of the cell to the middle of the outer margin. [2]

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Druce, Herbert (May 1902). "Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 9 (53): 321–334.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .