Langsdorfia beatrix

Langsdorfia beatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Langsdorfia
Species: L. beatrix
Binomial name
Langsdorfia beatrix
(Schaus, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Philanglaus beatrix Schaus, 1921

Langsdorfia beatrix is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are white at the base, limited by an oblique black line from the costa to the submedian area and a finer line from the inner margin. The wing is otherwise white tinged with ocherous, crossed by fine fuscous brown striae. The hindwings are whitish grey with faint darker striae.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Smithsonian Institution
  2. ↑ New species of Lepidoptera in the United States National Museum


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