Pygospila costiflexalis
Pygospila costiflexalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Pygospila |
Species: | P. costiflexalis |
Binomial name | |
Pygospila costiflexalis Guenée, 1854 | |
Pygospila costiflexalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.[1]
Description
Differs from Pygospila tyres in being cupreous brown with a faint purple tinge ; the neck fulvous ; the thoracic stripes obscure and brownish, the abdominal spots small. Fore wing with the sub-basal markings obsolescent ; the three submarginal spots absent, and the spots below vein 2 minute. Hind wing with the three submarginal spots and the spot below vein 2 obsolescent.[1]
The wingspan is about 42 mm.[1]