Pilocrocis metachrysias
| Pilocrocis metachrysias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pilocrocis |
| Species: | P. metachrysias |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilocrocis metachrysias Hampson, 1918 | |
Pilocrocis metachrysias is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The forewings are black-brown glossed with silvery blue to beyond the end of the cell and on the inner area to the middle. The rest of the wing is glossed with purple. The hindwings are orange-yellow, the terminal area black-brown glossed with purple.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae
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