Hydrorybina violascens

Hydrorybina violascens is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found on Borneo.[1]

Hydrorybina violascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Hydrorybina
Species:
H. violascens
Binomial name
Hydrorybina violascens
(Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Clupeosoma violascens Hampson, 1917

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are cupreous-red brown with a purplish gloss. There is an oblique dark brown antemedial line and a dark discoidal bar. The postmedial line is black brown and the termen is black brown with a silvery gloss. The hindwings are cupreous-red brown with a purplish gloss. The costal area is whitish with some dark irroration (speckling) below the end of the cell, as well as a black postmedial line.[2]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  2. Hampson, George F. (1917). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae, Scoparianae, &c". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. Taylor and Francis. 20 (118): 275–276 – via Internet Archive.


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