Pyrausta tetraplagalis

Pyrausta tetraplagalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pyrausta
Species: P. tetraplagalis
Binomial name
Pyrausta tetraplagalis
Hampson, 1899

Pyrausta tetraplagalis is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Katanga, Equateur) and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are black with an orange subbasal band. The hindwings are black with an orange basal area.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 268


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