Salbia tytiusalis

Salbia tytiusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Salbia
Species:	S. tytiusalis
Binomial name
	Salbia tytiusalis; (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
	Botys tytiusalis Walker, 1859; Anania tytiusalis; Marasmia tytiusalis; Isosalbia tytiusalis;

Salbia tytiusalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Florida, the West Indies and Central America,^[1] including Honduras.^[2]

Adults are pale cinereous (ash gray), with iridescent, semihyaline (almost glass-like) wings. They are somewhat darker along the costa and beyond the exterior line. There is a lunulate reniform mark on the forewings, as well as a slightly curved, dentate exterior line and marginal black points.^[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from March to December.^[4]

References

^ BugGuide
^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ Walker, F. 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part III Lepidoptera Heterocera. London. p. 984
^ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.

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[1] BugGuide

[2] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[3] Walker, F. 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum Part III Lepidoptera Heterocera. London. p. 984

[4] Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.

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