Donacaula microforficellus

Donacaula microforficellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species: D. microforficellus
Binomial name
Donacaula microforficellus
(Amsel, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius microforficella Amsel, 1956
  • Donacaula microforficella

Donacaula microforficellus is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Amsel in 1956.[1] It is found in Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 18–30 mm. The forewings are pale yellow irrorated with brown. Males have yellowish white hindwings, irrorated with brown, while the hindwings of the females are yellowish white.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Martinez E.L., 2010. A Revision of the New World Species of DONACAULA Meyrick and a phylogenetic Analysis of related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera:Crambidae). Mississippi State University pp.1-234


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