Blepharomastix irroratalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Blepharomastix
Species:
B. irroratalis
Binomial name
Blepharomastix irroratalis
(Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Stenia irroratalis Hampson, 1907

Blepharomastix irroratalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

Description

The forewings are whitish, tinged and irrorated (speckled) with yellow brown, the costal area and terminal area suffused with brown. There are traces of a dark antemedial line and there is a slight dark discoidal lunule, as well as a faint, dark, postmedial, minutely waved line. There is a terminal series of slight dark points. The hindwings are tinged with ochreous and there is a faint dark discoidal lunule, as well as traces of a postmedial line and some slight dark points on the termen towards the apex.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  2. Hampson, George F. (January 1907). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. Taylor and Francis. 19 (109): 10 via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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