Calamotropha argenticilia

Calamotropha argenticilia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] India and Bhutan.[2]

Calamotropha argenticilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Calamotropha
Species:
C. argenticilia
Binomial name
Calamotropha argenticilia
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Crambus argenticilia Hampson, 1896

Description

The wingspan is 16 mm. Male pure silvery white. Palpi tinged with fulvous at base. Forewings with fine pale fuscous, slightly sinuous erect medial line. A similar submarginal line slightly excurved between veins 6 and 3. A black marginal line present with silvery cilia.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Calamotropha Zeller, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 8, 2017.


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