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Samea sylvialis

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Samea sylvialis
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S. sylvialis
Binomial name
Samea sylvialis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys sylvialis Walker, 1859
  • Mimudea sylvialis
  • Margaronia mnesigramma Meyrick, 1936
  • Botys myopicalis Lederer, 1863

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

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ BOLD Systems
  3. ^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 615