Mecynarcha

Mecynarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Mecynarcha; Munroe, 1974
Species:	M. apicalis
Binomial name
	Mecynarcha apicalis; (Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
	Mecyna apicalis Hampson, 1899;

Mecynarcha is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. 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 veind streaked with fuscous and with a fuscous marginal band.^[2]

References

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 224

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[2] Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 224

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