Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis

Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Crambidae
Genus:Polygrammodes
Species: P. sanguiguttalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Hampson, 1913

Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Paraná, Brazil and Paraguay.[1]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are yellow, with a pink costal area to beyond the middle. There is a subbasal pink spot below the cell and an antemedial spot in the cell and another further from the base below the cell, as well as a round spot in the cell towards the extremity and two small discoidal spots. The inner margin is pink from the middle to the toruus and there is a postmedial series of pink spots, as well as a subterminal series of small spots. The hindwings are pale yellow.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology


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