Pilocrocis calamistis
| Pilocrocis calamistis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pilocrocis |
| Species: | P. calamistis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilocrocis calamistis Hampson, 1899 | |
Pilocrocis calamistis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz)[1] and Costa Rica.[2]
The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are ochreous yellow, the forewings with a slight fuscous streak below the basal half of the costa and a curved antemedial line, as well as a speck in the cell and discoidal lunule. The hindwings have a discoidal spot and postmedial as on the forewings, but there is an oblique fuscous shade. Both the fore- and hindwings have a fuscous terminal line.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ BOLD Systems
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898 : 657
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