Pycnarmon levinia

Pycnarmon levinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pycnarmon
Species:	P. levinia
Binomial name
	Pycnarmon levinia; (Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781)
Synonyms
	Phalaena levinia Stoll in Cramer & Stoll, 1781; Zebronia bunusalis Walker, 1859;

Pycnarmon levinia is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in Suriname, in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro^[1] and Espírito Santo and in Grenada.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. Adults are bright orange, the forewings with a black spot at the base of the costa. There is a slightly curved antemedial fuscous line which is black towards the costa, as well as a discocellular lunule. The postmedial line is sinuous. The hindwings have a discocellular spot, a slightly sinuous postmedial line.^[2]

References

↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
↑ Hampson, George F. (1895). "On the Geometridae, Pyralidae, and allied Families of Heterocera of the Lesser Antilles". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6. Taylor and Francis. 16 (94): 334 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

[2] Hampson, George F. (1895). "On the Geometridae, Pyralidae, and allied Families of Heterocera of the Lesser Antilles". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6. Taylor and Francis. 16 (94): 334 – via Internet Archive.