Biology:Calamotropha argenticilia
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Short description: Species of moth
| Calamotropha argenticilia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Calamotrophini |
| Genus: | Calamotropha |
| Species: | C. argenticilia
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| Binomial name | |
| Calamotropha argenticilia (Hampson, 1896)
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Calamotropha argenticilia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] India and Bhutan.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 16 mm. Male pure silvery white. Palpi tinged with fulvous at base. Forewings with fine pale fuscous, slightly sinuous erect medial line. A similar submarginal line slightly excurved between veins 6 and 3. A black marginal line present with silvery cilia.
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Calamotropha Zeller, 1863". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/crambinae/calamotropha/. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q13448053 entry
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