Pseudoligostigma punctissimalis

Pseudoligostigma punctissimalis is a moth in the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1] It is found from north-western Costa Rica to Panama and Trinidad.

Pseudoligostigma punctissimalis
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P. punctissimalis
Binomial name
Pseudoligostigma punctissimalis
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Lipocosma punctissimalis Dyar, 1914
  • Lipocosma teliferalis Dyar, 1914

There is a large dark greyish-brown area proximal to subterminal line on the forewings. There are seven black marginal spots on the hindwings, as well as several dark brown piliform scales overlaid by a small cluster of dark brown scales.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Solis, M. Alma; Adamski, David (1998). "Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 106 (1): 1–55.


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