Lissophanes

Lissophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Lissophanes
Warren, 1891[1]
Species: L. ceramica
Binomial name
Lissophanes ceramica
Warren, 1891

Lissophanes is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Lissophanes ceramica, which is found in Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale cream, suffused with dull pale olive and dusted with greyish. The hindwings are dull olive-grey, spotted with white and with a dark grey basal line.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. LepIndex
  3. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (43): 67


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