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Phostria chrysomera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phostria

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

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are dark brown glossed with brilliant purple. There is a wedge-shaped golden yellow patch in the cell from the base to near the extremity, as well as a broad oblique golden yellow postmedial band from just below the costa to the submedian fold near the termen, and a golden yellow streak on the inner margin from the base to beyond the middle. The hindwings are golden yellow, the inner area from near the base and the terminal area dark brown glossed with brilliant purple, the extremity of the yellow area rounded so that the dark area expands widely towards the costa and tornus.

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Phostria chrysomera Wikipedia