Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Samea | |
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Similar Samea multiplicalis, Diacme elealis, Anageshna primordialis, Nomophila nearctica, Hymenia perspectalis | ||
Samea ecclesialis crambidae spilomelini assembly moth
Samea ecclesialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are greyish-brown with three groups of white spots in antemedial, median and postmedial areas. The hindwings of the males have large white patches in the basal two-thirds, with a thin dark median line and a row of three white spots near the outer margin. The hindwings of the females are similar, but there is a thick dark median line and there are two rows of white spots near the outer margin. Adults are on wing nearly year-round in the southern part of the range.