Mimudea mendicalis

Mimudea mendicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Mimudea
Species:	M. mendicalis
Binomial name
	Mimudea mendicalis; (South in Leech & South, 1901)
Synonyms
	Pionea mendicalis South in Leech & South, 1901;

Mimudea mendicalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by South in 1901. It is found in China.[1]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown with a dot in the cell and an annulus at the end of the cell, both blackish. The postmedial line is also blackish, slightly dentate, curved round the end of the cell and terminating about the middle of the inner margin. The hindwings are whitish tinged with ochreous on the outer area and the postmedial line is blackish, interrupted towards vein 2 and not continued to the abdominal margin.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
Leech, John Henry (December 30, 1901). "Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea". The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4): 494–495 – via Google Books.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[2] Leech, John Henry (December 30, 1901). "Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea". The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4): 494–495 – via Google Books.