Criophthona Finitima
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''Criophthona finitima'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. It is found in
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, where it has been recorded in South Australia. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light grey, irrorated (sprinkled) with black and suffused with darker grey towards the costa. The lines are cloudy dark grey and there is a small cloudy whitish spot on the costa and a cloudy whitish discal spot with a dark margin. The hindwings are grey, somewhat lighter towards the base. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1884 (3): 340.


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Moths described in 1884 Spilomelinae {{Spilomelinae-stub