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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Tribe: | Asciodini |
Genus: |
Arthromastix Warren, 1890 [1] |
Species: | A. lauralis
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Binomial name | |
Arthromastix lauralis (
Walker, 1859)
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Synonyms | |
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Arthromastix is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Arthromastix lauralis, which is found in Central America (including Belize, [2] Costa Rica), [3] South America (including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina), as well as the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
The forewings are yellowish white with a broad cupreous-brown border and a yellow marginal line. [4]
The larvae feed on Trichostigma octandrum. [5]
Arthromastix | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Tribe: | Asciodini |
Genus: |
Arthromastix Warren, 1890 [1] |
Species: | A. lauralis
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Binomial name | |
Arthromastix lauralis (
Walker, 1859)
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Synonyms | |
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Arthromastix is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Arthromastix lauralis, which is found in Central America (including Belize, [2] Costa Rica), [3] South America (including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina), as well as the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
The forewings are yellowish white with a broad cupreous-brown border and a yellow marginal line. [4]
The larvae feed on Trichostigma octandrum. [5]