Prenesta rubralis

Prenesta rubralis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Peru[1] and Ecuador.[2]

Prenesta rubralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Prenesta
Species:
P. rubralis
Binomial name
Prenesta rubralis
(Hampson, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Trithyris rubralis Hampson, 1898

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are dark red, the forewings with traces of an antemedial line preceded by a yellowish mark in the cell. There is a distinct black-edged orange quadrate spot in the end of the cell, as well as a discoidal black lunule. The postmedial line has an orange spot on the outer side. The hindwings have a discoidal annulate spot and a curved fuscous postmedial line. Both wings have a terminal series of black points.[3]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Prenesta rubralis (Hampson, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1898: 648


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