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Phostria oajacalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Phostria
Species:	P. oajacalis
Binomial name
Phostria oajacalis (Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
Botys oajacalis Walker, 1866 Botys pelialis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Phostria oajacalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica., Mexico, and southern United States.

Its males are often characterized by its white legs, cupreous-brown legs, white tarsi and posterior tibiae, long brown wings with aeneous and purple reflections, a large white semihyaline black-bordered patch in the disk, and whitish fringe.

References

1. New North American records of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Pyralidae) from southern Florida
2. botanicus.org
3. BOLD Systems
4. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
5. "Species Phostria oajacalis - Hodges#5266". Retrieved May 5, 2024.

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