Blepharomastix fusalis

Blepharomastix fusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Blepharomastix
Species: B. fusalis
Binomial name
Blepharomastix fusalis
(Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Stenia fusalis Hampson, 1917

Blepharomastix fusalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1917. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale red-brown with a cupreous gloss and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costa is darker towards the base and there is an indistinct brown antemedial line, as well as a small white spot in the middle of the cell and a white discoidal bar. The postmedial line is dark and indistinct and there is a terminal series of black points. The hindwings are white, the terminal area tinged with cupreous red-brown except towards the tornus. There is a blackish discoidal point and an indistinct dark postmedial line and a terminal series of black bars.[2]

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