Schacontia lachesis

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Schacontia lachesis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Schacontia
Species:
S. lachesis
Binomial name
Schacontia lachesis
Solis & Goldstein, 2013

Schacontia lachesis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and Paul Z. Goldstein in 2013. It is found in central Brazil (Rondonia east to Bahia, Ceara and Rio de Janeiro) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz).

The length of the forewings is 5–7.5 mm. The prothoracic scaling on the forewings is tan grey, straw or yellowish. The medial area is polymorphic ranging from light to dark brown in both sexes, dusted with white. [1] Adults have been recorded on wing in January, April, November and December in Brazil and from October to December in Bolivia.

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to Lachesis, the middle sister of the three Fates in Greek mythology. She was thought to be the personification of destiny responsible for measuring the duration of human life.

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References

  1. Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.291.3744 . PMC   3677288 . PMID   23794861. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.