Polygrammodes maccalis

Polygrammodes maccalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It is found in Bangladesh[1] and São Paulo, Brazil.

Polygrammodes maccalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Polygrammodes
Species:
P. maccalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes maccalis
(Lederer, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Botys maccalis Lederer, 1863
  • Polygrammodes eximia E. D. Jones, 1921

The wingspan is about 37 mm. The wings are white, the forewings with a large basal chocolate spot, as well as three subbasal spots on the costa, in the cell and on the inner margin. There is an antemedial chocolate band, followed by spot in the cell. There is also a medial series of three bars, a postmedial bar from the costa to vein 5 and a series of elongated spots between the veins, as well as a subterminal series of elongated spots from below vein 8 to the inner margin, confluent with a postmedial series between veins 1 and 2 and between 3 and 5. A terminal orange band expands below vein 2 with an orange shade beyond the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings contain a medial series of four chocolate spots, a postmedial series of spots above veins 2 to 5 and a subterminal series of elongated spots, as well as a terminal orange band and a slight orange shade beyond the lower angle of the cell.[2]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Descriptions of new moths from South-East Brazil


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