Pygospila bivittalis

Pygospila bivittalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pygospila
Species: P. bivittalis
Binomial name
Pygospila bivittalis
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Lomotropa vellerialis Snellen, 1891

Pygospila bivittalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by 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 semi-hyaline spots, of which four are subquadrate and larger than the rest. The hindwings are brown and somewhat woolly. The costal area is white.[5]

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