Samea sylvialis
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Samea sylvialis (Walker, 1859)
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Samea sylvialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela[1] and Costa Rica.[2]
Adults are cinereous brown, the wings with a slight purplish tinge. The interior and exterior lines are whitish. The forewings have dark brown orbicular and reniform marks, the latter forming a short streak, contained in a small whitish spot. The interior line on the hindwings is indistinct.[3]
References
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ BOLD Systems
- ^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 615