Skeletophyllon dictyograpta

Skeletophyllon dictyograpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Skeletophyllon
Species: S. dictyograpta
Binomial name
Skeletophyllon dictyograpta
(Roepke, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Xyleutes dictyograpta Roepke, 1957

Skeletophyllon dictyograpta is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by Roepke in 1957. It is found on Borneo and Java.[1] The habitat consists of lowland mangrove forests, swamp forests and dry heath forests.

The ground colour of the forewings is pale grey with blackish-brown reticulations and a dark area on the dorsum, as well as a submarginal row of square striae.[2]

References

  1. Yakovlev, R.V., 2011: Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 66: 1-129.
  2. The Moths of Borneo


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