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Blepharomastix griseicosta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Blepharomastix

Blepharomastix griseicosta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is 26-28 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a grey-brown costal area and a faint brown antemedial line, as well as a curved dark brown discoidal striga. The postmedial line is grey-brown with a blackish bar at the costa and there is a grey-brown terminal line. The hindwings are silvery white with a pale grey-brown postmedial line and a grey-brown terminal line, except towards the tornus.

References

Blepharomastix griseicosta Wikipedia