Polygrammodes farinalis

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

Polygrammodes farinalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil (São Paulo).[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. Adults are white slightly suffused with fuscous brown, the forewings with brown costal fascia and a sinuous antemedial line. There is a spot in the cell and minutely waved and slightly curved medial and postmedial lines, as well as a crenulate submarginal line. The hindwings are pure white, with traced of a curved postmedial line and a marginal series of specks.[2]

References

"global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. 1899. p. 198.

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. London: Zoological Society of London. 1899. p. 198.