Myriostephes asphycta

Myriostephes asphycta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Myriostephes
Species: M. asphycta
Binomial name
Myriostephes asphycta
(Turner, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Metasia asphycta Turner, 1915

Myriostephes asphycta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1915. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are whitish suffused with brownish-ochreous and, on the costa and termen, with fuscous. The lines are fuscous. The hindwings are whitish with faint brownish-ochreous suffusion and an outwardly curved transverse line, as well as a broad pale fuscous terminal suffusion.[2]

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