Phostria albescentalis

Phostria albescentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Phostria
Species: P. albescentalis
Binomial name
Phostria albescentalis
Hampson, 1918

Phostria albescentalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu), Kenya and Mozambique.[2]

The inner margin of the forewings has a small black spot at its extremity and there is a curved blackish antemedial line, as well as a small black spot in the middle of the cell and an elliptical discoidal spot. The postmedial line is blackish and there is a slight blackish terminal line. The basal half of the hindwings is white and the terminal half is whitish suffused with pale grey-brown. There is a small oblique black discoidal spot and a diffused dark postmedial line, as well as an indistinct diffused curved brown subterminal line and a black terminal line.[3]

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