Biology:Pycnarmon quinquepuncta

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Short description: Species of moth

Pycnarmon quinquepuncta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pycnarmon
Species:
P. quinquepuncta
Binomial name
Pycnarmon quinquepuncta
(C. Swinhoe, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Xanthomelaina quinquepuncta C. Swinhoe, 1904

Pycnarmon quinquepuncta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1904. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wings are semihyaline (almost glass like) pale yellow, the forewings with three large black spots in the shape of a triangle, one below the middle of the costa and the other two above the hindmargin. The hindwings have two similar spots.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved July 15, 2014. 
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (1): 156. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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