Blepharomastix cronanalis

Blepharomastix cronanalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1924. It is found in Peru.[1]

Blepharomastix cronanalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Blepharomastix
Species:
B. cronanalis
Binomial name
Blepharomastix cronanalis
(Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Stenia cronanalis Schaus, 1924

Description

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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The wings are white with terminal fuscous-black points. The lines are fine and buffy brown. The forewing costal margin is suffused with buffy brown and there is an outcurved antemedial line followed by a broken ocellus in the cell at the subcosta. There is a line on the discocellular of the hindwings.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Schaus, W. (May 1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 126 – via Internet Archive.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.