Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis

Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Paraná, Brazil and Paraguay.[1]

Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Polygrammodes
Species:
P. sanguiguttalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Hampson, 1913
Polygrammodes moth

The wingspan of the moth is about 42 mm. Its forewings are yellow, with a pink costal area towards beyond the middle. There is a subbasal (situated near or below a base or basal part) pink spot below the cell and an antemedial spot in the cell and another further from the base below the cell, as well as a round spot in the cell towards the extremity and two small discoidal spots. The inner margin is pink from the middle to the tornus and there is a postmedial series of pink spots, as well as a subterminal series of small spots. Its hindwings are pale yellow.[2]

Not to be confused with the Polygrammodes flavidalis.

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology


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