Hileithia apygalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Colombia,[1] Panama and Tabasco, Mexico.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Hileithia |
Species: | H. apygalis
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Binomial name | |
Hileithia apygalis (Guenée, 1854)
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Description
editThe forewings and hindwings are dusky white, the former crossed from the costal to the inner margin by five fine-waved blackish-brown lines, the costal margin spotted with black, the outer margin from the apex to the anal angle broadly bordered with dark grey. The marginal line is black. The hindwings are crossed by three dark waved lines, the apex is dark grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Druce, Herbert (1900). "BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA, INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA-HETEROCERA". Biologia Centrali-Americana. 2. London: 238. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.