Planctogystia parvulus

Planctogystia parvulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Planctogystia
Species: P. parvulus
Binomial name
Planctogystia parvulus
(Kenrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Cossus parvulus Kenrick, 1914

Planctogystia parvulus is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

This is a large, heavy moth with a wingspan of 40 to 64 mm. The frontwings are whitish, covered with cossid reticulations, including a fairly marked median line. On the costa there are 5 black spots. The hindwings are uniformely dark grey.[2]

References

  1. afromoths.net
  2. Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.588, pls. 31–32


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