Pycnarmon mallaleuca

Pycnarmon mallaleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pycnarmon
Species: P. mallaleuca
Binomial name
Pycnarmon mallaleuca
(Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Stenia mallaleuca Hampson, 1907

Pycnarmon mallaleuca is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1907. It is found in Brazil (Parana, São Paulo).[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are pure white, the forewings with some dark points on the costa and the lines are pale yellow-brown. There are traces of a discoidal spot. The hindwings have an indistinct discoidal spot and the postmedial line is excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the end of the cell.[2]

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