Polygrammodes hyalosticta

Polygrammodes hyalosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Polygrammodes
Species:	P. hyalosticta
Binomial name
Polygrammodes hyalosticta Hampson, 1899

Polygrammodes hyalosticta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from the Natuna Islands.^[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are bright yellow, with a purplish red basal third, conjoined on the costal area to a triangular patch which is edged with red. There is a quadrate hyaline spot in the end of the cell, as well as a subterminal series of red points. The hindwings are bright yellow, with a purplish red basal third. There is an irregularly waved postmedial red line between veins 7 and 2, with a red point above vein 5, as well as a waved sinuous subterminal line.^[2]

References

1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
2. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 198