Clepsicosma

Clepsicosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Clepsicosma; Meyrick, 1888
Species:	C. iridia
Binomial name
	Clepsicosma iridia; Meyrick, 1888

Clepsicosma is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Clepsicosma iridia, which is found in New Zealand.^[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with brownish-ochreous, towards the middle of the inner margin suffused with whitish. There is a streak along the basal third of the costa, which is irrorated with blackish-fuscous. The hindwings are white, towards the costa slightly ochreous-tinged.^[3]

References

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ LepIndex
^ Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] LepIndex

[3] Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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