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Polygrammodes maccalis

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Polygrammodes maccalis
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P. maccalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes maccalis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Botys maccalis Lederer, 1863
  • Polygrammodes eximia Jones, 1921

Polygrammodes maccalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lederer in 1863. It is found in Bangladesh[1] and Brazil (São Paulo).

The wingspan is about 37 mm. The wings are white, the forewings with a large basal chocolate spot, as well as three subbasal spots on the costa, in the cell and on the inner margin. There is an antemedial chocolate band, followed by spot in the cell. There is also a medial series of three bars, a postmedial bar from the costa to vein 5 and a series of elongated spots between the veins, as well as a subterminal series of elongated spots from below vein 8 to the inner margin, confluent with a postmedial series between veins 1 and 2 and between 3 and 5. A terminal orange band expands below vein 2 with an orange shade beyond the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings contain a medial series of four chocolate spots, a postmedial series of spots above veins 2 to 5 and a subterminal series of elongated spots, as well as a terminal orange band and a slight orange shade beyond the lower angle of the cell.[2]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Descriptions of new moths from South-East Brazil