Protrigonia
Protrigonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Protrigonia Hampson, 1896[1] |
Species: | P. zizanialis |
Binomial name | |
Protrigonia zizanialis (Swinhoe, 1886) | |
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Protrigonia is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Protrigonia zizanialis, which is found in Sri Lanka and western India.[2]
The forewings are pinkish white, suffused with brown. The costal line is brown with a brown ringlet. The submarginal band is also brown. The hindwings are white, but grey towards the outer border.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ Protrigonia at funet
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1885: 865