Rhimphaliodes macrostigma Hampson, 1893 is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Rhimphaliodes macrostigma Hampson, 1893

Rhimphaliodes macrostigma Hampson, 1893

Rhimphaliodes macrostigma is the only species in the monotypic crambid moth genus Rhimphaliodes, described by George Hampson in 1893.

Family
Genus
Rhimphaliodes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Rhimphaliodes macrostigma Hampson, 1893

Rhimphaliodes is a monotypic moth genus in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. The genus contains only one species, Rhimphaliodes macrostigma, which was also described by Hampson in the same 1893 publication. This species is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo, and Australia; in Australia, it has been recorded from Queensland. Adult moths are ochreous white in color. On their forewings, there is a small amount of brown scaling at the base, an antemedial brown line, a small brown spot in the center of the cell, and a large black stigma that fills the end of the cell. A tiny white spot sits on the upper edge of this black stigma. A waved postmedial brown line is also present on the forewings, and the outer margin is broadly colored brown, with the brown color most prominent at the apex and outer angle. On the hindwings, there are indistinct waved medial and postmedial lines. The outer margin of the hindwings is suffused with fuscous, and this suffusion is broadest at the apex and anal angle.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Crambidae › Rhimphaliodes

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