Pygospila bivittalis

Pygospila bivittalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in India, China,[2] Indonesia (Seram, Obi), New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[3][4]

Pygospila bivittalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Pygospila
Species:
P. bivittalis
Binomial name
Pygospila bivittalis
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Lomotropa vellerialis Snellen, 1891

Adults are cupreous brown, the forewings cupreous, purple tinged, with two silvery-white oblique streaks at the base, and with eight white semihyaline (almost glasslike) spots, of which four are subquadrate and larger than the rest. The hindwings are brown and somewhat woolly. The costal area is white.[5]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. Savela, Markku. "Pygospila bivittalis Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  4. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 34: 1365


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