Calamotropha argenticilia

Calamotropha argenticilia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] India and Bhutan.[2]

Calamotropha argenticilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Calamotropha
Species:
C. argenticilia
Binomial name
Calamotropha argenticilia
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Crambus argenticilia Hampson, 1896

Description

The wingspan is 16 mm. Male pure silvery white. Palpi tinged with fulvous at base. Forewings with fine pale fuscous, slightly sinuous erect medial line. A similar submarginal line slightly excurved between veins 6 and 3. A black marginal line present with silvery cilia.

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References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Calamotropha Zeller, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 8, 2017.


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