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Lipocosma rosalia

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Lipocosma rosalia
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L. rosalia
Binomial name
Lipocosma rosalia
Solis & Adamski, 1998

Lipocosma rosalia is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Solis and Adamski in 1998. It is found from Mexico south to northern South America.

The length of the forewings is 4.8-6.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is lustrous white. The submarginal, postmedial and antemedial lines, as well as the basal patch are yellow. The ground colour of the hindwings is white with yellow submarginal and postmedial lines, as well as a yellow discal spot and wing margin.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Santa Rosa National Park, the type locality.[1]

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