Lissophanes
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Genus: | Lissophanes |
Species: | L. ceramica
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Lissophanes ceramica Warren, 1891
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Lissophanes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Lissophanes ceramica, which is found in Peru.[2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale cream, suffused with dull pale olive and dusted with greyish. The hindwings are dull olive-grey, spotted with white and with a dark grey basal line.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lissophanes ceramica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (43): 67
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