Biology:Eurhythma argyphea
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Short description: Species of moth
| Eurhythma argyphea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Eurhythma |
| Species: | E. argyphea
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| Eurhythma argyphea (Turner, 1913)
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Eurhythma argyphea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia ,[1] in the Northern Territory.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are snow-white with a dark-fuscous streak on the costa and a median fascia with a dark-fuscous costal half. The dorsal half is orange ochreous. There is an orange-ochreous subterminal fascia, suffused with dark-fuscous towards the apex, bounded by a waved dark-fuscous line. There is also a white dot on the costa before the apex, a white streak on the termen with a fuscous terminal edge. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ "Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 1909 (Vol. 22)". http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Queensland_1909_v22_1000892470/643.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13626179 entry
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