Tylostega photias is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1894. It is found on Borneo.[1]
| Tylostega photias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tylostega |
| Species: | T. photias
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylostega photias Meyrick, 1894
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The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the inner margin suffused with ochreous towards the middle. There is a suffused pale ochreous streak along the costa. The lines are dark fuscous, forming blackish spots on the costa. There is a blackish discal mark and a blackish hindmarginal streak, including a series of whitish dots. The hindwings are whitish with a fuscous base. There is a broad, rather dark fuscous hindmarginal band, the anterior edge is suffused with ochreous. There is also a fuscous mark in the disc near and before this, as well as a hindmarginal series of connected white dots.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1894 (3): 458.
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