Pleuroptya violacealis
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| Pleuroptya violacealis | |
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| Pleuroptya violacealis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Pleuroptya |
| Species: | P. violacealis |
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| Pleuroptya violacealis (Guillermet, 1996)[1] | |
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Pleuroptya violacealis is a moth in the Crambidae family that is endemic in Réunion. The wingspan of this moth is approx. 25mm.
It looks very similar to Herpetogramma licarsisalis but under light the surface of its wings shines violett.
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