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Salbia varanalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Salbia

Salbia varanalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1940. It is found in Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are white with black lines, a basal spot on the costa and a subbasal line from the costa to the median. The antemedial line is fine wavy and slightly outbent and there is an irregular reniform spot reaching the subcostal vein. The postmedial line is outbent from the costa to vein 2, retracted to before the angle of the cell then inbent to the inner margin. There is a terminal brownish spot between veins 3 and 6 and there are some terminal small black spots. The hindwings have an postmedial line and a terminal fuscous line.

References

Salbia varanalis Wikipedia