Crambodoxa is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Crambodoxa platyaula, which is found in Colombia.[1]

Crambodoxa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Crambodoxa
Meyrick, 1913
Species:
C. platyaula
Binomial name
Crambodoxa platyaula
Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are brownish, the dorsum and anterior half of the costa suffused with darker brown and with a broad silvery-white supra-median streak from the base to the apex, edged beneath with blackish-brown, the lower edge angular-prominent in the middle, where a streak of blackish-brown suffusion runs to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Crambodoxa". ftp.funet.fi. Markku Savela. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1913 (1) : 174   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.