Pilocrocis pterygodia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Pilocrocis
- Species
- Pilocrocis pterygodia
- Scientific Name
- Pilocrocis pterygodia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pilocrocis pterygodia
Pilocrocis pterygodia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is about 26 mm. The wings are ochreous, tinged in parts with brown. There is a black point near the base of the inner margin and the antemedial line is blackish. There is also a small black spot in the middle of the cell and a somewhat lunulate discoidal spot. The postmedial line is blackish and there is a faint minutely waved fuscous subterminal line, as well as a slight terminal shade. The hindwings are ochreous, with a small black discoidal spot. The postmedial line is fuscous and there is a faint minutely waved fuscous subterminal line, as well as a fuscous terminal shade.
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Sibling Taxa
- Pilocrocis acutangula
- Pilocrocis anigrusalis
- Pilocrocis barcalis
- Pilocrocis calamistis
- Pilocrocis cryptalis
- Pilocrocis cuprealis
- Pilocrocis cyrisalis
- Pilocrocis deltalis
- Pilocrocis dichochrosialis
- Pilocrocis dichocrosialis
- Pilocrocis fanovalis
- Pilocrocis fulvicolor
- Pilocrocis fumidalis
- Pilocrocis gillipusalis
- Pilocrocis glaucitalis
- Pilocrocis guianalis
- Pilocrocis hesperialis
- Pilocrocis hypoleucalis
- Pilocrocis italavalis
- Pilocrocis janinalis
- Pilocrocis laralis
- Pilocrocis melastictalis
- Pilocrocis metachrysias
- Pilocrocis milvinalis
- Pilocrocis modestalis
- Pilocrocis monothyralis
- Pilocrocis musalis
- Pilocrocis nubilinea
- Pilocrocis patagialis
- Pilocrocis phaeocoryla
- Pilocrocis pterygodia
- Pilocrocis purpurascens
- Pilocrocis ramentalis
- Pilocrocis rectilinealis
- Pilocrocis reniferalis
- Pilocrocis roxonalis
- Pilocrocis sororalis
- Pilocrocis stephanorma
- Pilocrocis xanthostictalis
- Pilocrocis xanthozonalis