Pycnarmon syleptalis
| Pycnarmon syleptalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pycnarmon |
| Species: | P. syleptalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnarmon syleptalis (Hampson, 1899) | |
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Pycnarmon syleptalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in Ecuador (Loja Province).[1]
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are ochreous, tinged with olive and irrorated with olive-brown scales. The costal area and terminal area are suffused with brown. The antemedial line is dark and there is a point in the cell, as well as a prominent discoidal lunule. The postmedial line is marked by points and there is a terminal series of black points. The hindwings are whitish, with a black discoidal point. The postmedial line is very strongly bent outwards between veins 2 and 5. The termen is suffused with brown and there is a terminal series of black strigae.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898: 621
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