Pyrausta ploimalis

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

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

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

"global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
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.
Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 284 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.