Myrmidonistis

Myrmidonistis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Myrmidonistis[1]
Meyrick, 1887[2]
Species: M. hoplora
Binomial name
Myrmidonistis hoplora
Meyrick, 1887

Myrmidonistis is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Myrmidonistis hoplora, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are greenish-grey, irrorated with white. There is a white costal streak, margined beneath with fuscous-reddish. The remaining lines are very obscure, narrow and white. The hindwings have the same colour and mostly the same markings as the forewings.[3]

References

  1. "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3): 197
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