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Chalcidoptera pryeri

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Chalcidoptera pryeri
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C. pryeri
Binomial name
Chalcidoptera pryeri
Hampson, 1898

Chalcidoptera pryeri is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by George Hampson in 1898.[1] It is found on Borneo.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are deep red with a fuscous costa and a small yellow spot in the end of the cell, as well as a large lunulate (crescent-shaped) spot beyond the cell. The costal and inner areas and the termen on the hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved April 4, 2018. Note: This source lists a date of 1899, but gives the same article title as below which was published November 1898.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Chalcidoptera pryeri Hampson, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (November 15, 1898). "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and Family Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 665 – via Internet Archive.