Blepharomastix griseicosta is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Blepharomastix |
| Species: | B. griseicosta
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| Binomial name | |
| Blepharomastix griseicosta (Hampson, 1918)
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Description
editThe wingspan is 26–28 mm. The forewings are silvery white with a grey-brown costal area and a faint brown antemedial line, as well as a curved dark brown discoidal striga. The postmedial line is grey brown with a blackish bar at the costa and there is a grey-brown terminal line. The hindwings are silvery white with a pale grey-brown postmedial line and a grey-brown terminal line, except towards the tornus.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (March 1918). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 1 (3). Taylor and Francis: 255 – via Internet Archive.
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