Apilocrocis albipunctalis

Apilocrocis albipunctalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Apilocrocis
Species:	A. albipunctalis
Binomial name
	Apilocrocis albipunctalis; (Hampson, 1918)
Synonyms
	Sylepta albipunctalis Hampson, 1918;

Apilocrocis albipunctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918.[1] It is found in Ecuador and Bolivia.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale red brown with a cupreous gloss. There is a curved white band from the base of the costa to the base of the inner margin, as well as a short white antemedial streak and spots below the cell and on the inner margin. The postmedial line is white and there is a series of terminal brown spots. The hindwings are silvery white, the disk faintly tinged with brown. There are faint brown postmedial and subterminal spots.[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): 267 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 11, 2018.

[2] 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): 267 – via Internet Archive.