Cosmopterosis thetysalis

Cosmopterosis thetysalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Cosmopterosis
Species:	C. thetysalis
Binomial name
	Cosmopterosis thetysalis; (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
	Cataclysta thetysalis Walker, 1859;

Cosmopterosis thetysalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found from southern Venezuela and north-western Brazil north to the coast of Suriname and French Guiana.[2]

The apical and tornal areas of the forewings are brown with a yellow spot from the costa to the middle of the wing. The subterminal line is silver. The hindwings have a linear patch consisting of white scales, intermixed with brown scales. There are five large marginal spots.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Phylogenetic Analysis of Cosmopterosis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) with Discussions on Male Secondary Sexual Characters and Larval Feeding on Capparis (Capparaceae) in the Pyraloidea and Lepidoptera (Insecta)
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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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Phylogenetic Analysis of Cosmopterosis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Glaphyriinae) with Discussions on Male Secondary Sexual Characters and Larval Feeding on Capparis (Capparaceae) in the Pyraloidea and Lepidoptera (Insecta)

[3] 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.