| Archernis leucocosma | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Crambidae | 
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae | 
| Genus: | Archernis | 
| Species: | A. leucocosma  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Archernis leucocosma Turner, 1908  | |
| Synonyms | |
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Archernis leucocosma is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1908.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are greyish-brown with a fine fuscous transverse line and a snow-white median discal spot, edged anteriorly with fuscous. There is a fine fuscous wavy line from the costa to the dorsum, edged posteriorly with white in the costal portion. The hindwings are greyish-brown with a snow-white discal spot edged anteriorly with fuscous. There is also a fuscous postmedian line, edged posteriorly with white throughout.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
 - ↑ New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae
 
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