Lygropia joasharia

Lygropia joasharia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Lygropia
Species: L. joasharia
Binomial name
Lygropia joasharia
Schaus, 1940

Lygropia joasharia is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1940. It is found in Puerto Rico.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale yellow orange, the costal margin and termen suffused with pinkish cinnamon. There is a darker antemedial line outbent from the costa to the median vein, then vertical to the inner margin and there is a reddish line on the discocellular. The hindwings are pale yellow orange, the termen suffused with pinkish cinnamon and there is a short reddish line on the discocellular.[2]

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