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Criophthona finitima

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Criophthona

Criophthona finitima is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1884. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light grey, irrorated with black and suffused with darker grey towards the costa. The lines are cloudy dark grey and there is a small cloudy whitish spot on the costa and a cloudy whitish discal spot with a dark margin. The hindwings are grey, somewhat lighter towards the base. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.

References

Criophthona finitima Wikipedia