Pycnarmon quinquepuncta

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

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

The wings are semihyaline (almost glass like) 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. ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1904 (1): 156.


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