Biology:Udea montanalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Udea montanalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. montanalis
Binomial name
Udea montanalis
(Schaus, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Pionea montanalis Schaus, 1912

Udea montanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are brown, with darker irrorations and a round whitish dark-edged spot in the middle of the cell and a curved whitish line on the discocellular, more broadly edged with dark brown. There is a small black postmedial spot on the costa. The hindwings are white with a brownish line terminal, somewhat interrupted by the veins.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
  2. New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. XIV This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q20721144 entry