| Gold-fringed Snout Moth (Asturodes fimbriauralis (Guenée, 1854)) |
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Scientific name: Asturodes fimbriauralis (Guenée, 1854) Common name: Gold-fringed Snout Moth French name: Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Heterocera Family: Crambidae Subfamily: Spilomelinae Wingspan: About 20-22 mm. Biotope: Geographic area: Central America, South America, from Mexico to Brazil and Peru. Puerto-Rico, Cuba, Jamaica. Flight time: Number of generations : Caterpillar: Host plant: At least Colubrina arborescens belonging to the Rhamnaceae family. |
Asturodes fimbriauralis has the margin of the wings ornated by a golden yellow band delimited by dark brown markings, often a thin solid or dotted line on the margin edge and an alignment of spots or dashes on the inner side of the wings. The remaining parts of the wings are a paler yellowish white colour with dark brown markings. On the fore wings, you can distinguish one submarginal wavy line and one lasso-shaped median line surrounding a dark spot next to the costal edge. The basal area is strongly marked. The hind wings are only crossed by one or two alignments of spaced dots. |
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I have shot this picture at Roura, at Camps Patawa, during a light trap night session. |
André Bon April 2015