Arthromastix
Arthromastix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Arthromastix Warren, 1890[1] |
Species: | A. lauralis |
Binomial name | |
Arthromastix lauralis (Walker, 1859) | |
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Arthromastix is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Arthromastix lauralis, which is found in Central America (including Belize,[2] Costa Rica),[3] South America (including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina), as well as the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
The forewings are yellowish white with a broad cupreous-brown border and a yellow marginal line.[4]
The larvae feed on Trichostigma octandrum.[5]
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