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Moths of Zihuatanejo

ORDER LEPIDOPTERA

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

-Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Superfamily Pyraloidea)

-Crambid Snout Moths (Family Crambidae)

-Pearl Moths (Subfamily Spilomelinae)

-Tribe Herpetogrammatini

-Genus Blepharomastix

-Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth (Blepharomastix ranalis)


Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth (Blepharomastix ranalis) is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. Pale cream, beige, or light brown with distinctive dark spots or markings resembling hollow spots, arranged in a symmetrical pattern. During the day, the moth rests on vegetation or in sheltered locations, relying on its cryptic coloration to evade predators.

Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix

Blepharomastix ranalis

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