Colomychus florepicta

Colomychus florepicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Colomychus
Species: C. florepicta
Binomial name
Colomychus florepicta
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Syngamia florepicta Dyar, 1914

Colomychus florepicta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1914. It is found in Mexico (San Luis Potosí).[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The wings are rose-pink with pale yellow patches edged by dark lines. The forewings with a small hyaline-white spot near the base of the cell, as well as a double yellow patch. The hindwings have a broad median band, widening in its central third, leaving a narrow rose-pink margin. There is a white-hyaline spot in the cell.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera from Mexico


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