Criophthona trileuca

Criophthona trileuca is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

Criophthona trileuca
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C. trileuca
Binomial name
Criophthona trileuca
Lower, 1903

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous with three moderately thick waved dark fuscous transverse fasciae, as well as a small a snow-white spot near the base and a well-defined similar spot on the middle of the first fascia and a third similar spot on the middle of the second fascia. There is a fine dentate line along the termen. The hindwings are pale fuscous with a dark fuscous waved line from beneath the costa at three-fourths to the anal angle. There is a small fuscous mark on the inner margin at two-thirds and a line along the termen.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia


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