Pilocrocis caustichroalis

Pilocrocis caustichroalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pilocrocis
Species: P. caustichroalis
Binomial name
Pilocrocis caustichroalis
Hampson, 1918

Pilocrocis caustichroalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are yellowish suffused with brick-red. The antemedial line is red-brown and there is a minute red-brown spot in the upper part of the middle of the cell and discoidal bar. The postmedial line is red-brown. The hindwings are yellowish suffused with brick-red, the costal area white to beyond the middle. There is an oblique red-brown discoidal bar and the postmedial line is red-brown, as well as a faint punctiform brownish terminal line.[2]

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