Penthesilea sacculalis
| Penthesilea sacculalis | |
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| Penthesilea sacculalis baboquivariensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Penthesilea |
| Species: | P. sacculalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Penthesilea sacculalis Ragonot, 1891 | |
Penthesilea sacculalis is a species of moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina, Virginia and Arizona.
The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are dark brown to fuscus, the basal angle is occasionally overscaled with reddish-brown, the base darker than the distal part. The hindwings are dark brown to fuscous.[1]
Subspecies
- Penthesilea sacculalis sacculalis
- Penthesilea sacculalis baboquivariensis Cashatt in Solis, Cashatt & Scholtens, 2012 (Arizona)
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