Eurhythma xuthospila

Eurhythma xuthospila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eurhythma
Species: E. xuthospila
Binomial name
Eurhythma xuthospila
(Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Myriostephes xuthospila Turner, 1913

Eurhythma xuthospila is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territories.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous with orange-ochreous spots. There is a subbasal spot on the dorsum extending across the disc, as well as a large roundish spot on the mid-dorsum, a triangular spot on the costa and a smaller spot on the tornus. The hindwings are dark-fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 1909 (Vol. 22)


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