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Apogeshna stenialis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Apogeshna

Apogeshna stenialis

Similar
  
Herpetogramma, Pyrausta, Crambidae

Apogeshna stenialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found from Maine to Florida, west to Alabama, Illinois and Ohio. It is also found in Mexico (Vera Cruz, Tabasco), Panama, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are variably bright to pale yellow along the costa and brown along the inner margin and beyond the postmedial line. There is a hollow oval spot in median area, and another descending from the antemedial line. The hindwings are brown with large dark-edged pale patches. The fringes are dark with scattered pale patches. Adults are on wing in spring and summer.

References

Apogeshna stenialis Wikipedia