Pilocrocis calamistis

Pilocrocis calamistis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pilocrocis
Species:	P. calamistis
Binomial name
	Pilocrocis calamistis; Hampson, 1899

Pilocrocis calamistis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found in the Mexican state of Veracruz^[1] and Costa Rica.^[2]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are ochreous yellow, the forewings with a slight fuscous streak below the basal half of the costa and a curved antemedial line, as well as a speck in the cell and discoidal lunule. The hindwings have a discoidal spot and postmedial as on the forewings, but there is an oblique fuscous shade. Both the forewings and hindwings have a fuscous terminal line.^[3]

References[]

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ "Taxonomy Browser: Pilocrocis calamistis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 657 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] "Taxonomy Browser: Pilocrocis calamistis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved October 31, 2018.

[3] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 657 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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