Piletocera meekii

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Piletocera meekii
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P. meekii
Binomial name
Piletocera meekii
(T. P. Lucas, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Diplotyla meekiiT. P. Lucas, 1894
  • Diplotyla javanalisSnellen, 1901
  • Diplotyla vestigialisWarren, 1896

Piletocera meekii is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found on the Indonesean island of Java [1] and the Australian state of Queensland.

Adults are dark brown with two white marks on the costa and a broken white line across the wingtip of the forewings. There are two broken wiggly white lines crossing the hindwings. [2]

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References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (25 March 2015). "Piletocera meekii (T.P. Lucas, 1894)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 July 2020.