Pilocrocis xanthostictalis

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Pilocrocis xanthostictalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pilocrocis
Species:
P. xanthostictalis
Binomial name
Pilocrocis xanthostictalis
Hampson, 1908
Synonyms
  • Entephria straminealisGaede, 1917
  • Sylepta malgassicaKenrick, 1917

Pilocrocis xanthostictalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1908. [1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Tanzania. [2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are red brown with a dark antemedial line, with a yellow band on its inner side from below the costa to the inner margin. There is a black spot in the middle of the cell and discoidal lunule, with a quadrate white patch between them. There is also a dark postmedial line, with a dentate yellow mark on its outer edge below the costa, as well as three minute dentate spots between veins 5 and 2, and a lunule below the angle of the cell. The hindwings are yellow with a dark discoidal bar and some brown suffusion below the end of the cell. The postmedial line is brown and there is a broad brown terminal band. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pilocrocis xanthostictalis Hampson, 1908". Afromoths. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ On the moths collected during the cruise of the Valhalla during the winter 1905-6, by Mr. E. B. G. Meade-Waldo


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