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 family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in the Brazilian states of Paraná and 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]

References

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
^ Hampson, George F. (January 1907). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 19 (109). Taylor and Francis: 11. doi:10.1080/00222930709487226 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 7, 2018.

[2] Hampson, George F. (January 1907). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. 19 (109). Taylor and Francis: 11. doi:10.1080/00222930709487226 – via Internet Archive.

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