''Lipocosma rosalia'' 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

Maria Alma Solis Maria Alma Solis is a entomologist at the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL) of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Early life Maria Alma Solis was born on Feb ...

and

David Adamski David Adamski is an American entomologist working as a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and a support scientist in the Systematic Entomology Laboratory (SEL), United States Department of Agric ...

in 1998. It is found from

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south to northern

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. The length of the forewings is 4.8-6.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is lustrous white. The submarginal, postmedial and antemedial lines, as well as the basal patch are yellow. The ground colour of the hindwings is white with yellow submarginal and postmedial lines, as well as a yellow discal spot and wing margin.

Etymology

The species name refers to

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, the type locality.

References

Glaphyriinae Moths described in 1998 {{Glaphyriinae-stub