Polygrammodes ephremalis

Polygrammodes ephremalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1927. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao, Luzon).[1]

Polygrammodes ephremalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Polygrammodes
Species:
P. ephremalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes ephremalis
Schaus, 1927

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are buff white with a basal spot on the median, subbasal spots on the costa and inner margin and thick blackish brown antemedial and medial lines. The hindwings are whiter and thinly scaled with faint dark scaling at the lower angle of the cell with a downbent line below it.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Philippine journal of science



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