Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Polygrammodes |
Species: | P. sanguiguttalis
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Binomial name | |
Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis Hampson, 1913
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Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Paraná, Brazil and Paraguay.[1]
The wingspan of the moth is about 42 mm. Its forewings are yellow, with a pink costal area towards beyond the middle. There is a subbasal (situated near or below a base or basal part) pink spot below the cell and an antemedial spot in the cell and another further from the base below the cell, as well as a round spot in the cell towards the extremity and two small discoidal spots. The inner margin is pink from the middle to the tornus and there is a postmedial series of pink spots, as well as a subterminal series of small spots. Its hindwings are pale yellow.[2]
Not to be confused with Polygrammodes flavidalis.
References
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.