''Charltona ariadna'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. It was described by

Stanisław Błeszyński Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths. Błeszyński worked at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academ ...

in 1970. It is found in

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. The forewings of this species are 16–20 mm. Its ground colour is brownish with a light basal striped diffusing in the middle of the wing.Bleszynski S. 1970b. "New genera and species of tropical Crambiinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae", part 48. - ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 113:1–26.

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Crambinae Moths described in 1970 Taxa named by Stanisław Błeszyński {{Crambinae-stub

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