Donacaula semifuscalis

Donacaula semifuscalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species: D. semifuscalis
Binomial name
Donacaula semifuscalis
(Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius semifuscalis Hampson, 1919

Donacaula semifuscalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in Brazil (Mato Grasso, Perambuco) and Bolivia.

The length of the forewings is 23–38 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown irrorated with brown. Males have yellowish white hindwings, irrorated with light brown and brown. The ground colour of the hindwings of the females is 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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