Lissophanes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Lissophanes Warren, 1891 |
Species: | L. ceramica |
Binomial name | |
Lissophanes ceramica Warren, 1891 |
Lissophanes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Lissophanes ceramica, which is found in Peru.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale cream, suffused with dull pale olive and dusted with greyish. The hindwings are dull olive-grey, spotted with white and with a dark grey basal line.
References
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lissophanes ceramica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 8 (43): 67 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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