Biology:Eurhythma xuthospila

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Short description: Species of moth

Eurhythma xuthospila
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Eurhythma
Species:
E. xuthospila
Binomial name
Eurhythma xuthospila
(Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Myriostephes xuthospila Turner, 1913

Eurhythma xuthospila is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia ,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territories.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous with orange-ochreous spots. There is a subbasal spot on the dorsum extending across the disc, as well as a large roundish spot on the mid-dorsum, a triangular spot on the costa and a smaller spot on the tornus. The hindwings are dark-fuscous.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13626192 entry