Aureopteryx olufsoni

Aureopteryx olufsoni is a moth in the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and David Adamski in 1998.[1] It is found in the southern Atlantic and Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica.

Aureopteryx olufsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Aureopteryx
Species:
A. olufsoni
Binomial name
Aureopteryx olufsoni
Solis & Adamski, 1998

The length of the forewings is 5.5–6.7 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale yellow with three silver streaks within a yellow apical area. The hindwings are pale yellow with a pale brown subterminal line.[2]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.


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