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Tylostega photias
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T. photias
Binomial name
Tylostega photias
Meyrick, 1894

Tylostega photias is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1894. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the inner margin suffused with ochreous towards the middle. There is a suffused pale ochreous streak along the costa. The lines are dark fuscous, forming blackish spots on the costa. There is a blackish discal mark and a blackish hindmarginal streak, including a series of whitish dots. The hindwings are whitish with a fuscous base. There is a broad, rather dark fuscous hindmarginal band, the anterior edge suffused with ochreous. There is also a fuscous mark in the disc near and before this, as well as a hindmarginal series of connected white dots.[2]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1894 (3) : 458