Arthromastix
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Genus: | Arthromastix |
Species: | A. lauralis
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Binomial name | |
Arthromastix lauralis (Walker, 1859)
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Arthromastix is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Arthromastix lauralis, which is found in Central America (including Belize,[2] Costa Rica),[3] South America (including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina), as well as the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
The forewings are yellowish white with a broad cupreous-brown border and a yellow marginal line.[4]
The larvae feed on Trichostigma octandrum.[5]
References[]
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ Moths of Belize
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ Lower, Oswald B. (December 1905). "New Australian Lepidoptera: No. 22". Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia. 29: 107 – via Google Books.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 358
Categories:
- Spilomelinae
- Monotypic moth genera
- Moths of North America
- Moths of South America
- Crambidae genera
- Taxa named by William Warren (entomologist)
- Asciodini stubs