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Pilocrocis dichocrosialis

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Pilocrocis dichocrosialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pilocrocis
Species:
P. dichocrosialis
Binomial name
Pilocrocis dichocrosialis
Hampson, 1912
Synonyms
  • Conogethes euryatma Meyrick, 1934
  • Dichocrocis usticinctalis Hampson, 1912
  • Entephria nigrianalis Gaede, 1917
  • Piletocera nigridentalis Hampson, 1918

Pilocrocis dichocrosialis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

Description

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The wingspan is about 26 mm. The wings are orange-yellow, the forewings with paired dorsal black spots on the second segment and dorsal bands on the segments beyond it, as well as some sublateral points. The forewings also have a black spot at the base of the costa and some diffused black on the inner margin near the base, as well as an antemedial spot below the costa and a curved line from the median nervure to the inner margin and a black spot in the middle of the cell and the discoidal bar. The postmedial line is indistinct with a broad band of fuscous suffusion beyond it except at the costa. The hindwings have a slightly sinuous medial black line with a broad band of fuscous suffusion beyond it.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Pilocrocis dichocrosialis Hampson, 1912". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  3. ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.