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Syntrita nimalis

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Syntrita nimalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Syntrita
Species:
S. nimalis
Binomial name
Syntrita nimalis
(Schaus, 1924)
Synonyms
  • Dichocrocis nimalis Schaus, 1924

Syntrita nimalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1924. It is found in Bolivia.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are thinly scaled iridescent grey brown, the base darker and with two small spots antemedially in the cell, and with two streaks medially, with whitish shades around them. There is a darker streak on the discocellular, somewhat divided by a whitish line. There is a subterminal broad white line from the costa to vein 5. There is whitish shading terminally, and small brown spots on the interspaces. The hindwings are semihyaline white, the costal margin and the termen broadly greyish brown, crossed by a wavy subterminal white line. There is a terminal white line.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Schaus, William (1925). "New Species of Moths in the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 65 (2520): 1–74 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.