Margarosticha gaudialis

Margarosticha gaudialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Margarosticha
Species: M. gaudialis
Binomial name
Margarosticha gaudialis
Hampson, 1917

Margarosticha gaudialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1917. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are fulvous orange, tinged with brown at the base. There is an oblique silvery band, edged with brown and a triangular silvery-white mark beyond the cell defined by rather diffused brown, as well as a silvery-white subterminal band. The hindwings are fulvous orange, with a pale base and a slightly sinuous silvery-white medial band.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology


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