Pyrausta ploimalis

Pyrausta ploimalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

Pyrausta ploimalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species:
P. ploimalis
Binomial name
Pyrausta ploimalis
Dyar, 1914

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The wings are whitish creamy, tinged with brown along the margins. The lines are broad and blurred and there is a scattering of black scales over the wings. Adults have been recorded on wing in August and November.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyrausta ploimalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 284 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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