Pycnarmon quinquepuncta

Pycnarmon quinquepuncta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pycnarmon
Species: P. quinquepuncta
Binomial name
Pycnarmon quinquepuncta
(Swinhoe, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Xanthomelaina quinquepuncta Swinhoe, 1904

Pycnarmon quinquepuncta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1904. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wings are semi-hyaline pale yellow, the forewings with three large black spots in the shape of a triangle, one below the middle of the costa and the other two above the hindmargin. The hindwings have two similar spots.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904 (1): 156
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