Salbia tytiusalis

Salbia tytiusalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Florida, the West Indies and Central America,[1] including Honduras.[2]

Salbia tytiusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Salbia
Species:
S. tytiusalis
Binomial name
Salbia tytiusalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys tytiusalis Walker, 1859
  • Anania tytiusalis
  • Marasmia tytiusalis
  • Isosalbia tytiusalis

Adults are pale cinereous (ash gray), with iridescent, semihyaline (almost glass-like) wings. They are somewhat darker along the costa and beyond the exterior line. There is a lunulate reniform mark on the forewings, as well as a slightly curved, dentate exterior line and marginal black points.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to December.[4]

References
  1. BugGuide
  2. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  3. Walker, F. 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part III Lepidoptera Heterocera. London. p. 984
  4. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.


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