Dysallacta megalopa

Dysallacta megalopa is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. It is found in Papua New Guinea and in Australia.[1]

Dysallacta megalopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Dysallacta
Species:
D. megalopa
Binomial name
Dysallacta megalopa
(Meyrick, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Glyphones megalopa Meyrick, 1889
  • Caprinia ocellalis Kenrick, 1907
  • Sylepta ocellifera Turner, 1937

It has a wingspan of 27 mm.[2]

References
  1. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (17 March 2012). "Dysallacta megalopa (Meyrick, 1889)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. Kenrick (1907). "On Pyralidae of British New Guinea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1907 t.4:69-126, Plate IV.


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