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Crambodoxa

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Crambodoxa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Crambodoxa
Meyrick, 1913
Species:
C. platyaula
Binomial name
Crambodoxa platyaula
Meyrick, 1913

Crambodoxa is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Crambodoxa platyaula, which is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are brownish, the dorsum and anterior half of the costa suffused with darker brown and with a broad silvery-white supra-median streak from the base to the apex, edged beneath with blackish-brown, the lower edge angular-prominent in the middle, where a streak of blackish-brown suffusion runs to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Crambodoxa". ftp.funet.fi. Markku Savela. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 (1) : 174 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.