Samea sylvialis

Samea sylvialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Samea
Species:	S. sylvialis
Binomial name
	Samea sylvialis; (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
	Botys sylvialis Walker, 1859; Mimudea sylvialis; Margaronia mnesigramma Meyrick, 1936; Botys myopicalis Lederer, 1863;

Samea sylvialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela[1] and Costa Rica.[2]

Adults are cinereous brown, the wings with a slight purplish tinge. The interior and exterior lines are whitish. The forewings have dark brown orbicular and reniform marks, the latter forming a short streak, contained in a small whitish spot. The interior line on the hindwings is indistinct.[3]

References

"global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
BOLD Systems
List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 615 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] BOLD Systems

[3] List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 615 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.