Phostria chrysomera

Phostria chrysomera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Phostria
Species:	P. chrysomera
Binomial name
	Phostria chrysomera; Hampson, 1918

Phostria chrysomera is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are dark brown glossed with brilliant purple. There is a wedge-shaped golden-yellow patch in the cell from the base to near the extremity, as well as a broad oblique golden-yellow postmedial band from just below the costa to the submedian fold near the termen, and a golden-yellow streak on the inner margin from the base to beyond the middle. The hindwings are golden yellow, the inner area from near the base and the terminal area dark brown glossed with brilliant purple, the extremity of the yellow area rounded so that the dark area expands widely towards the costa and tornus.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
Hampson, George F. (January 1918). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. Taylor and Francis. 1 (1): 129 – 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. (January 1918). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. Taylor and Francis. 1 (1): 129 – via Internet Archive.