Phostria citrinalis

Phostria citrinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Phostria
Species:	P. citrinalis
Binomial name
Phostria citrinalis (Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
Sarothronota citrinalis Druce, 1895 Pilocrocis apellalis Schaus, 1912 Sylepta escuintlalis Schaus, 1920 Sylepta escuintalis Munroe, 1995

Phostria citrinalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1927. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco), Costa Rica, Guatemala^[1] and Panama.^[2]

The fore- and hindwings are uniform dark citron-yellow. The head, thorax and abdomen are also citron-yellow, the latter is whitish beneath.^[3]

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