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Blepharomastix benetinctalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Blepharomastix

Blepharomastix benetinctalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1914. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dirty white, shaded with brown from the costa downward and with blackish at the apex. The lines are blackish and there is a terminal row of small, well-separated dots. The hindwings are whitish with a small discal dot and a blackish patch at the apex. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.

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Blepharomastix benetinctalis Wikipedia