Calamotropha argenticilia

Calamotropha argenticilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Calamotropha
Species: C. argenticilia
Binomial name
Calamotropha argenticilia
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Crambus argenticilia Hampson, 1896

Calamotropha argenticilia is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] India and Bhutan.[2]

Description

Wingspan is 16mm. Male pure silvery white. Palpi tinged with fulvous at base. Fore wings with fine pale fuscous, slightly sinuous erect medial line. A similar submarginal line slightly excurved between veins 6 and 3. A black marginal line present with silvery cilia.

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Calamotropha at funet


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