Biology:Pygospila bivittalis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pygospila |
| Species: | P. bivittalis
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| Pygospila bivittalis Walker, 1866
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Pygospila bivittalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in India , China ,[2] Indonesia (Seram, Obi), New Guinea and Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland.[3][4]
Adults are cupreous brown, the forewings cupreous, purple tinged, with two silvery-white oblique streaks at the base, and with eight white semihyaline (almost glasslike) spots, of which four are subquadrate and larger than the rest. The hindwings are brown and somewhat woolly. The costal area is white.[5]
References
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ BOLD Systems
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pygospila bivittalis Walker, [1866"]. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/pygospila/#bivittalis. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
- ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 34: 1365
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Wikidata ☰ Q13857129 entry
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