Calamotropha argenticilia

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;

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

Description

Wingspan is 16mm. Male pure silvery white. Palpi tinged with fulvous at base. Fore wings 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

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