Givira fidelis

Givira fidelis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Givira
Species:	G. fidelis
Binomial name
Givira fidelis Schaus, 1911

Givira fidelis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Costa Rica.^[1]

The wingspan is about 33 mm. The base, costal and inner margins, and median vein on the forewings are lilac brown, crossed by darker brown striae. There is a velvety black line along the inner margin from near the base to beyond the middle. The hindwings are fuscous grey, thinly scaled in the discal and postmedial area and with some indistinct darker striae.^[2]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Givira fidelis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
2. "Annals and Magazine of Natural History". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-28. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog