Pilocrocis cryptalis

Pilocrocis cryptalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pilocrocis
Species: P. cryptalis
Binomial name
Pilocrocis cryptalis
(Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Phostria cryptalis Druce, 1895

Pilocrocis cryptalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Druce in 1895.[1] It is found in Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and French Guiana.[2]

The fore- and hindwings are purplish-black, the former with five semihyaline pearly-white spots. The base of the hindwings is white, as is a broken band about the middle.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. botanicus.org
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