Planctogystia parvulus

Planctogystia parvulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Planctogystia
Species:	P. parvulus
Binomial name
	Planctogystia parvulus; (Kenrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Cossus parvulus Kenrick, 1914;

Planctogystia parvulus is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.[1]

This is a large, heavy moth with a wingspan of 40 to 64 mm. The frontwings are whitish, covered with cossid reticulations, including a fairly marked median line. On the costa there are 5 black spots. The hindwings are uniformely dark grey.[2]

References

afromoths.net
Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.588, pls. 31–32

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[1] romoths.net

[2] Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.588, pls. 31–32