Aureopteryx olufsoni

Aureopteryx olufsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Aureopteryx
Species:	A. olufsoni
Binomial name
	Aureopteryx olufsoni; Solis & Adamski, 1998

Aureopteryx olufsoni is a moth in the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and David Adamski in 1998.[1] It is found in the southern Atlantic and Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 5.5–6.7 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale yellow with three silver streaks within a yellow apical area. The hindwings are pale yellow with a pale brown subterminal line.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.