Conchylodes nissenalis

Conchylodes nissenalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Conchylodes
Species:	C. nissenalis
Binomial name
	Conchylodes nissenalis; (Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
	Aulacodes nissenalis Schaus, 1924;

Conchylodes nissenalis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by William Schaus in 1924.^[1] It is found in Peru.^[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The wings are white with fine tawny-olive markings. There is a point at the base of the costa of the forewings, as well as a subbasal oblique line on the costa and a point beyond in the cell and a point below it. The antemedial line runs from the cell to the inner margin and there is a large annulus in the cell and on the discocellular. There is a medial lunule below the cell and various streaks on the veins. The hindwings have antemedial and medial wavy lines and a line between them in the cell.^[3]

References[]

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aulacodes nissenalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
^ Schaus, W. (May 1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 118 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aulacodes nissenalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

[3] Schaus, W. (May 1924). "New Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Nymphulinae from Tropical America (Lepid.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 26 (5): 118 – via Internet Archive.

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