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Crambidae
Crambinae

Micrelephas chalybeus LANDRY, 2003

Costa Rica
Type locality: Orosi, Costa Rica
This species can be distinguished from the other species of Micrelephas by its large black patch in the middle of the forewing, anterior to the median line, followed by a large steel blue patch on the other side of the median line, and usually by the black patch in the cubital sector between the postmedian line and the terminal margin.
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