Biology:Penthesilea sacculalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Penthesilea sacculalis
Penthesilea sacculalis baboquivariensis.jpg
Penthesilea sacculalis baboquivariensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Penthesilea
Species:
P. sacculalis
Binomial name
Penthesilea sacculalis
Ragonot, 1891

Penthesilea sacculalis is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas , North Carolina, Virginia and Arizona.

The wingspan is 13–17 mm (0.51–0.67 in). The forewings are dark brown to fuscous, the basal angle is occasionally overscaled with reddish-brown, the base darker than the distal part. The hindwings are dark brown to fuscous.[1]

Subspecies

  • Penthesilea sacculalis sacculalis
  • Penthesilea sacculalis baboquivariensis Cashatt in Solis, Cashatt & Scholtens, 2012 (Arizona)

References

  1. New North American Chrysauginae (Pyralidae) described by E.D. Cashatt This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Wikidata ☰ Q14075643 entry