Schacontia speciosa

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

Schacontia speciosa is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and Paul Z. Goldstein in 2013. It is found in south-eastern Brazil.

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm. The medial area of the forewings is grey, partially suffused with white. The postmedial line is shaded with white outwardly and brown inwardly. The basal and submarginal areas are primarily mocha brown. The hindwings are brownish white, with no contrasting markings. [1] Adults have been recorded on wing in October.

Etymology

The specific epithet is from the Latin for showy or handsome.

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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.