Schacontia atropos
| Schacontia atropos | |
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| Schacontia atropos male holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Schacontia |
| Species: | S. atropos |
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| Schacontia atropos Solis & Goldstein, 2013 | |
Schacontia atropos is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in northern Venezuela.
The length of the forewings is 5.4–5.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is staw yellow, with a brown grey medial area, heavily suffused with white scales. The hindwings are pale, nearly translucent.[1]
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the third of the three fates.
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