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Hileithia apygalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Hileithia

Hileithia apygalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1854. It is found in Colombia, Panama and Mexico (Tabasco).

The fore- and hindwings are dusky white, the former crossed from the costal to the inner margin by five fine waved blackish-brown lines, the costal margin spotted with black, the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered with dark grey. The marginal line is black. The hindwings are crossed by three dark waved lines, the apex is dark grey.

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Hileithia apygalis Wikipedia