Prooedema

Prooedema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Prooedema; Hampson, 1896
Species:	P. inscisalis
Binomial name
	Prooedema inscisalis; (Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
	Botys inscisalis Walker, 1865; Botys inscisale;

Prooedema is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Prooedema inscisalis, which is found in India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia,^[3] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are yellow with two brown semicircles on the inner margin. The hindwings are brown, fading to white at the base.^[4]

References

^ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ BOLD Systems
^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

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[1] "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[2] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[3] BOLD Systems

[4] Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

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