Donacaula microforficellus

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Donacaula microforficellus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species:
D. microforficellus
Binomial name
Donacaula microforficellus
(Amsel, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius microforficella Amsel, 1956
  • Donacaula microforficella

Donacaula microforficellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956.[1] It is found in Venezuela.

The length of the forewings is 18–30 mm. The forewings are pale yellow irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. Males have yellowish-white hindwings, irrorated with brown, while the hindwings of the females are yellowish white.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.


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