Pycnarmon argenticincta
| Pycnarmon argenticincta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pycnarmon |
| Species: | P. argenticincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnarmon argenticincta (Hampson, 1899) | |
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Pycnarmon argenticincta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are white, the forewings have an ochreous tinge and there are three basal black spots. There is an antemedial line arising from a black spot on the costa. Both wings have a prominent discocellular spot and a postmedial line from the costa to vein 5, then minutely dentate and at vein 2 retracted to below the angle of the cell. There is a marginal orange band with a black line on its inner edge, followed by a white line difined on the inner side with fuscous. There are also some marginal black specks.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898: 620
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