''Lygropia cosmia'' 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 is found in
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
.
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is about 15 mm. The wings are bronzy brown-black, the forewings with a costal yellow half-bar on the outer fourth. There is a double spot in the cell, conjoined below and touching an oblique broad half-band near the base of the inner margin. The hindwings are yellow at the base.
Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 275
References
Moths described in 1914
Lygropia
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