Phostria albescentalis

Phostria albescentalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Phostria
Species:	P. albescentalis
Binomial name
	Phostria albescentalis; Hampson, 1918

Phostria albescentalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu), Kenya and Mozambique.[2]

Description

The inner margin of the forewings has a small black spot at its extremity and there is a curved blackish antemedial line, as well as a small black spot in the middle of the cell and an elliptical discoidal spot. The postmedial line is blackish and there is a slight blackish terminal line. The basal half of the hindwings is white and the terminal half is whitish suffused with pale grey brown. There is a small oblique black discoidal spot and a diffused dark postmedial line, as well as an indistinct diffused curved brown subterminal line and a black terminal line.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Phostria albescentalis Hampson, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
Hampson, George F. (1918). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. Taylor and Francis. 1 (1): 130 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Phostria albescentalis Hampson, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved March 11, 2018.

[3] Hampson, George F. (1918). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. Taylor and Francis. 1 (1): 130 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.