Mecynarcha
| Mecynarcha | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Mecynarcha Munroe, 1974[1] |
| Species: | M. apicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mecynarcha apicalis (Hampson, 1899) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 224
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