Donacoscaptes fulvescens

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Donacoscaptes fulvescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Haimbachiini
Genus: Donacoscaptes
Species:
D. fulvescens
Binomial name
Donacoscaptes fulvescens
(Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Doratoperas fulvescensHampson, 1919
  • Chilopsis peruanellusSchaus, 1922
  • Morpheis peruanellus

Donacoscaptes fulvescens is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It is found in Peru. [2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are pale ochraceous buff with scattered large black scales and vinaceous-fawn shading in the cell. There is a black point at the end of the cell and a number of small terminal black points, as well as a faint brownish postmedial line. The hindwings are suffused with smoky olive grey. The costa and postmedial space are whitish. [3]

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References

  1. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
  2. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
  3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 1921 Archived July 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .