Syngropia
| Syngropia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Syngropia[1] Hampson, 1912[2] |
| Species: | S. stictica |
| Binomial name | |
| Syngropia stictica Hampson, 1912 | |
Syngropia is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Syngropia stictica, which is found in Guatemala.
The wingspan is 22-26 mm. The forewings are yellowish white, with obliquely placed subdorsal blackish spots below the costa and above the inner margin. There is an anteraedial line from below the costa to the median nervure and a bar above the inner margin. The postmedial line is blackish, forming slight spots at veins, excurved between veins 6 and 3, then incurved. There are terminal blackish spots above veins 6 and 3. The hindwings are semihyaline yellowish white with an oblique blackish postmedial bar between veins 6 and 3 and an oblique line from vein 2 to the tornus. There are also terminal blackish spots at the apex and vein 3.[3]
References
- ↑ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1912: Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 1912