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Apilocrocis glaucosia

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Apilocrocis glaucosia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Apilocrocis
Species:
A. glaucosia
Binomial name
Apilocrocis glaucosia
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Sylepta glaucosia Hampson, 1912

Apilocrocis glaucosia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Panama,[1] Guatemala and Mexico.

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The forewings are pale glaucous grey. The costa is white with a fulvous streak below it and there is a fuscous subbasal shade from the cell to the inner margin, followed by a whitish band. There is also a quadrate semihyaline white spot just beyond the discocellulars. The hindwings are pale glaucous grey with a semihyaline white basal area.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Hampson, George F. (July 1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. 10 (55). Taylor and Francis: 12 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.