Schacontia rasa

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

Schacontia rasa is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and Paul Z. Goldstein in 2013. It is found in Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. The medial area of the forewings is grey and single coloured with the basal area and postmedial areas. The antemedial and postmedial lines are jagged and darker grey. The postmedial line on the hindwings is faint. The hindwings are outwardly tinged with bronze. [1] Adults have been recorded on wing in June (in Mexico), July (in Cuba) and July and September (the Dominican Republic).

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the absence of male hind tibial and metatarsal structures and epipleural setal tufts (presumably secondary sexual characters) present in other Schacontia species.

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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.