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Pyrausta ploimalis

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Pyrausta ploimalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species:
P. ploimalis
Binomial name
Pyrausta ploimalis
Dyar, 1914

Pyrausta ploimalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The wings are whitish creamy, tinged with brown along the margins. The lines are broad and blurred and there is a scattering of black scales over the wings. Adults have been recorded on wing in August and November.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pyrausta ploimalis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 284 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.