Praeacrospila patricialis

Praeacrospila patricialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Praeacrospila
Species:	P. patricialis
Binomial name
	Praeacrospila patricialis; (Schaus, 1912)
Synonyms
	Phryganodes patricialis Schaus, 1912;

Praeacrospila patricialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.^[1]

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are pale yellow and thinly scaled, the costa shaded (darkest at the base). There is a fuscous basal spot on the costa and a subbasal spot in the cell, as well as an antemedial, wavy, oblique, fuscous line, followed by a small annular spot in the cell. The submedian is brownish and a short line is found medially below it to the antemedial. There are two dark lines at the end of the cell, connected with the postmedial by a single line. The terminal area from the postmedial is more heavily scaled and purplish brown, enclosing a small yellow spot close to the postmedial below vein 2 and one on the inner margin. The hindwings are semihyaline pale yellow, shaded with brown at the apex. There is a postmedial dark lunular line from the costa to vein 2.^[2]

References[]

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology

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