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Asciodes denticulinea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Asciodes

Asciodes denticulinea is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1940. It is found in Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light buff, thinly scaled and with a dark streak below the cell near the base. There is a dark medial line across the cell and a dark shade on the discocellular, as well as a remote postmedial deeply dentate line, with dark points at the angles. There are terminal spots at the tips of the vein. The hindwings have a postmedial dark shade and terminal spots.

References

Asciodes denticulinea Wikipedia