Piletocera macroperalis

Piletocera macroperalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Piletocera
Species: P. macroperalis
Binomial name
Piletocera macroperalis
Hampson, 1897

Piletocera macroperalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hampson in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings have an indistinct waved antimedial line and a more distinct minutely dentate postmedial line. The apical area is clothed with leaden-coloured scales. The hindwings have traces of a postmedial line.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. VII. On the classification of two subfamilies of Moths of the family Pyralidae: the Hydrocampinæ and Scoparianae


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