Biology:Polygrammodes farinalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Polygrammodes farinalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Polygrammodes
Species:
P. farinalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes farinalis
Hampson, 1899

Polygrammodes farinalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil (São Paulo).[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are white slightly suffused with fuscous brown, the forewings with brown costal fascia and a sinuous antemedial line. There is a spot in the cell and minutely waved and slightly curved medial and postmedial lines, as well as a crenulate submarginal line. The hindwings are pure white, with traced of a curved postmedial line and a marginal series of specks.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
  2. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. 1899. pp. 198. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen99scie#page/198/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


Wikidata ☰ Q14148661 entry