Mecynarcha

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Mecynarcha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Eurrhypini
Genus: Mecynarcha
Munroe, 1974[1]
Species:
M. apicalis
Binomial name
Mecynarcha apicalis
(Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Mecyna apicalis Hampson, 1899

Mecynarcha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Mecynarcha apicalis, which is found in Brazil (Lower Amazons).

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are yellow-brown, suffused with ferruginous red and irrorated and suffused with fuscous. There is a marginal series of black specks. The hindwings are hyaline yellow, the veins streaked with fuscous and with a fuscous marginal band.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ^ Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 224 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.