Arequipa turbatella

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| parent_authority = Walker, 1863{{cite web|url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=global Pyraloidea database |publisher=Globiz.pyraloidea.org |date= |accessdate=2011-10-10}}

| taxon = Arequipa turbatella

| authority = Walker, 1863

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• Crambus bipunctellus Zeller, 1863

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Arequipa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Arequipa turbatella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec and West Virginia.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5392 mothphotographersgroup]

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The forewings are snow white with two dark brown dots at the end of the cell and one or two dots below the outer fourth of the cell. The hindwings are snow white.[https://archive.org/stream/crambidofnorth00fernrich#page/44/mode/1up/search/turbatella+ Fernald, C.H. 1896. The Crambidae of North America. Massachusetts Agricultural College. 44] {{PD-notice}} Adults are on wing from June to August.[http://bugguide.net/node/view/341020 Bug Guide]