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Apilocrocis albipunctalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Apilocrocis

Apilocrocis albipunctalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Ecuador and Bolivia.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale red-brown with a cupreous gloss. There is a curved white band from the base of the costa to the base of the inner margin, as well as a short white antemedial streak and spots below the cell and on the inner margin. The postmedial line is white and there is a series of terminal brown spots. The hindwings are silvery white, the disk faintly tinged with brown. There are faint brown postmedial and subterminal spots.

References

Apilocrocis albipunctalis Wikipedia