''Conchylodes salamisalis'', the blush conchylodes moth, 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. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in

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and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from

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. The forewings and hindwings are silky

hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...

white. There are three short dark brown streaks on the forewings, as well as two broad brown bands crossing the costal to the inner margin. There is a dark brown spot near the apex and a fawn submarginal band. There is a fawn spot on the hindwings with a fine black line on each side.''Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera'' 2: 251

References

Moths described in 1895 Spilomelinae {{Spilomelinae-stub