Apilocrocis glaucosia

Apilocrocis glaucosia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Apilocrocis
Species:	A. glaucosia
Binomial name
	Apilocrocis glaucosia; (Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
	Sylepta glaucosia Hampson, 1912;

Apilocrocis glaucosia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Panama,[1] Guatemala and Mexico.

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The forewings are pale glaucous grey. The costa is white with a fulvous streak below it and there is a fuscous subbasal shade from the cell to the inner margin, followed by a whitish band. There is also a quadrate semihyaline white spot just beyond the discocellulars. The hindwings are pale glaucous grey with a semihyaline white basal area.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
Hampson, George F. (July 1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. Taylor and Francis. 10 (55): 12 – via Internet Archive.

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

[2] Hampson, George F. (July 1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. Taylor and Francis. 10 (55): 12 – via Internet Archive.