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Phostria citrinalis

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Phostria citrinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Phostria
Species:
P. citrinalis
Binomial name
Phostria citrinalis
(Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Sarothronota citrinalis Druce, 1895
  • Pilocrocis apellalis Schaus, 1912
  • Sylepta escuintlalis Schaus, 1920
  • Sylepta escuintalis Munroe, 1995

Phostria citrinalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1927. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero, Jalisco), Costa Rica, Guatemala[1] and Panama.[2]

The fore- and hindwings are uniform dark citron-yellow. The head, thorax and abdomen are also citron-yellow, the latter is whitish beneath.[3]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ BOLD Systems
  3. ^ botanicus.org

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