Pediasia serraticornis

Pediasia serraticornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pediasia
Species:	P. serraticornis
Binomial name
Pediasia serraticornis (Hampson, 1900) [1]
Synonyms
Crambus serraticornisHampson, 1900 Crambus gracilellusChrétien, 1910 Crambus gracilellus f. fusculellusTurati, 1924 Crambus gracilellus var. distinctellusChrétien, 1910 Crambus gracilellus var. tenellusChrétien, 1917 Crambus ochrosignellusChrétien, 1915

Pediasia serraticornis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1900. ^[2] It is found in Spain, ^[3] Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan, Syria and Israel. ^[4]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are pale grey, slightly tinged with brown. There are some black scales near the base of the inner margin of the forewings. The hindwings have an obscure fuscous terminal band. ^[5]

References

1. Hampson, George F. (1900). "New Palæarctic Pyralidæ". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (2): 369. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1900.tb02380.x.
2. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
3. Fauna Europaea ^{[ dead link ]}
4. Savela, Markku. "Pediasia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
5. "06374 Pediasia serraticornis (Hampson, 1900)". Lepiforum e.V.. Retrieved December 21, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .