Archernis leucocosma

Archernis leucocosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Archernis
Species:	A. leucocosma
Binomial name
	Archernis leucocosma; Turner, 1908
Synonyms
	Protonoceras leucocosma;

Archernis leucocosma is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1908.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are greyish-brown with a fine fuscous transverse line and a snow-white median discal spot, edged anteriorly with fuscous. There is a fine fuscous wavy line from the costa to the dorsum, edged posteriorly with white in the costal portion. The hindwings are greyish-brown with a snow-white discal spot edged anteriorly with fuscous. There is also a fuscous postmedian line, edged posteriorly with white throughout.^[2]

References[]

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae

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

[2] New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae

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