Symmoracma

Symmoracma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Symmoracma[1]
Meyrick, 1894[2]
Species: S. minoralis
Binomial name
Symmoracma minoralis
(Snellen, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Auxomitia minoralis Snellen, 1880
  • Stenia spodinopella Strand, 1919
  • Strepsinoma fuliginosa Rothschild, 1915
  • Symmoracma spodinopa Meyrick, 1894

Symmoracma is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Symmoracma minoralis, which is found in Indonesia (Java, Sumbawa), Papua New Guinea,[3] Taiwan, China and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are grey-brown, with pale markings on the forewings. The hindwings are uniform pale. Males have been observed making chirping sounds using an expandable organ at the tip of the abdomen.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ↑ Syllepte at funet
  4. ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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