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Blepharomastix monocamptalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Blepharomastix

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

The wingspan is 24-28 mm. The forewings are silvery white faintly tinged with pale red-brown and a pale red-brown costal area, but leaving the costal edge white on the medial area. The antemedial line is red-brown and there is a red-brown discoidal bar, as well as a red-brown postmedial line and a rather diffused red-brown terminal line. The hindwings are white, faintly tinged with pale red-brown and with a red-brown discoidal bar. The postmedial line is red-brown and there is a pale red-brown subterminal shade, as well as a fine red-brown terminal line.

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Blepharomastix monocamptalis Wikipedia