Pilocrocis xanthozonalis

Pilocrocis xanthozonalis is a moth in the family Crambidae (crambid snout moths). It is part of the Lepidoptera species, an order of insects that also includes butterflies. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in French Guiana,[1] Guyana and Costa Rica.[2]

Pilocrocis xanthozonalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pilocrocis
Species:
P. xanthozonalis
Binomial name
Pilocrocis xanthozonalis
Hampson, 1912

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The wings are black-brown with a purplish gloss, the forewings with a broad straight oblique yellow band from the costa just beyond the middle to the termen from vein 2 to the tornus.[3]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. "Pilocrocis xanthozonalis - Taxonomy Browser - BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org.
  3. Hampson, George F. (1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Taylor & Francis. p. 264 via Internet Archive.


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