Pycnarmon mallaleuca
Appearance
Pycnarmon mallaleuca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Pycnarmon |
Species: | P. mallaleuca
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Binomial name | |
Pycnarmon mallaleuca (Hampson, 1907)
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Pycnarmon mallaleuca is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in the Brazilian states of Paraná and São Paulo.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are pure white, the forewings with some dark points on the costa and the lines are pale yellow brown. There are traces of a discoidal spot. The hindwings have an indistinct discoidal spot and the postmedial line is excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the end of the cell.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
- ^ Hampson, George F. (January 1907). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 19 (109). Taylor and Francis: 11. doi:10.1080/00222930709487226 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.