Choristostigma erubescens

Choristostigma erubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Choristostigma
Species: C. erubescens
Binomial name
Choristostigma erubescens
(Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Diasemia erubescens Hampson, 1899

Choristostigma erubescens is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in Mexico (Jalapa).[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are yellow, irrorated with rufous scales. There is an indistinct dark sinuous antemedial line and a leaden annulus in the cell, as well as postmedial leaden band with black edges. There is a dark point on the costa towards the apex and a waved subterminal leaden band. The hinwings are whitish with a dark discoidal point and traces of a medial line on the inner area.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 214


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