Phostria oajacalis

Phostria oajacalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Phostria
Species:
P. oajacalis
Binomial name
Phostria oajacalis
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Botys oajacalis Walker, 1866
  • Botys pelialis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Phostria oajacalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Nicaragua,[1] Guatemala,[2] Costa Rica.,[3] Mexico,[4] and southern United States.

Its males are often characterized by its white legs, cupreous-brown legs, white tarsi and posterior tibiae, long brown wings with aeneous and purple reflections, a large white semihyaline black-bordered patch in the disk, and whitish fringe.[5]

References

  1. ^ New North American records of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Pyralidae) from southern Florida
  2. ^ botanicus.org
  3. ^ BOLD Systems
  4. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  5. ^ "Species Phostria oajacalis - Hodges#5266". Retrieved May 5, 2024.


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