Pycnarmon crocalis
| Pycnarmon crocalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pycnarmon |
| Species: | P. crocalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnarmon crocalis (Hampson, 1899) | |
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Pycnarmon crocalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the D'Entrecasteaux Islands (Fergusson Island).[1]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are golden yellow, the forewings with a purplish fuscous costal half and a dark point on the base of the inner margin. There is an curved antemedial black line. There is a wedge shaped yellow mark on the costa. The hindwings have a discoidal point and a sinuous series of points that represent the postmedial line. There is also a purplish fuscous apical patch.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898: 621
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