Piletocera chlorura
Piletocera chlorura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Piletocera |
Species: | P. chlorura |
Binomial name | |
Piletocera chlorura (Meyrick, 1887) | |
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Piletocera chlorura is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark-fuscous with slightly darker lines and a whitish subcostal dot. The postmedian line is wavy, bent above the tornus to below the end of the cell. It is edged posteriorly by a few whitish dots, and on the costa by a short whitish streak. The hindwings are dark-fuscous, towards the base mixed with whitish.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae
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