Apilocrocis albicupralis
Apilocrocis albicupralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.[1]
| Apilocrocis albicupralis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Apilocrocis |
| Species: | A. albicupralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Apilocrocis albicupralis (Hampson, 1918) | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are red brown with a cupreous gloss. There is a small white mark at the base and subbasal white spots on the costa and in the cell. There is a white patch on the basal part of the inner margin. There is a terminal series of minute triangular white spots. The hindwings are white, the veins slightly striated with brown and there is some reddish-brown suffusion beyond the lower angle of the cell and on the inner margin before the almost straight reddish-brown postmedial line. The terminal area is pale reddish brown with a cupreous gloss.[2]
References
- Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- Hampson, George F. (April 1918). "Descriptions of New Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. Taylor and Francis. 1 (4): 268 – via Internet Archive.
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