Samea ecclesialis

Samea ecclesialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Samea
Species:	S. ecclesialis
Binomial name
Samea ecclesialis Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
Samea castellalis Guenée, 1854 Samea luccusalis Walker, 1859 Samea disertalis Walker, [1866]

Samea ecclesialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana,^[1] Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States, where it has been recorded from North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas.^[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are greyish-brown with three groups of white spots in antemedial, median and postmedial areas. The hindwings of the males have large white patches in the basal two-thirds, with a thin dark median line and a row of three white spots near the outer margin. The hindwings of the females are similar, but there is a thick dark median line and there are two rows of white spots near the outer margin.^[3] Adults are on wing nearly year round in the southern part of the range.

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