Homophysodes

Homophysodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Homophysodes
Dyar, 1914[1]
Species: H. morbidalis
Binomial name
Homophysodes morbidalis
Dyar, 1914

Homophysodes is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Homophysodes morbidalis, which is found from Guatemala south to Panama.

The medial fascia and tornal area of the forewings is brown, except for the costa and other wing areas which are yellow. There are two or three white apical streaks. The hindwings have a linear cluster of scales.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Costa Rican Glaphyriinae
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