Pycnarmon mallaleuca

Pycnarmon mallaleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pycnarmon
Species:	P. mallaleuca
Binomial name
	Pycnarmon mallaleuca; (Hampson, 1907)
Synonyms
	Stenia mallaleuca Hampson, 1907;

Pycnarmon mallaleuca is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1907. It is found in the Brazilian states of Paraná and São Paulo.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are pure white, the forewings with some dark points on the costa and the lines are pale yellow brown. There are traces of a discoidal spot. The hindwings have an indistinct discoidal spot and the postmedial line is excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below the end of the cell.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
Hampson, George F. (January 1907). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. Taylor and Francis. 19 (109): 11 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 7, 2018.

[2] Hampson, George F. (January 1907). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scoparianae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7. Taylor and Francis. 19 (109): 11 – via Internet Archive.