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Pilocrocis xanthostictalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1908.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Tanzania.[2]
| Pilocrocis xanthostictalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pilocrocis |
| Species: | P. xanthostictalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilocrocis xanthostictalis Hampson, 1908 | |
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The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are red brown with a dark antemedial line, with a yellow band on its inner side from below the costa to the inner margin. There is a black spot in the middle of the cell and discoidal lunule, with a quadrate white patch between them. There is also a dark postmedial line, with a dentate yellow mark on its outer edge below the costa, as well as three minute dentate spots between veins 5 and 2, and a lunule below the angle of the cell. The hindwings are yellow with a dark discoidal bar and some brown suffusion below the end of the cell. The postmedial line is brown and there is a broad brown terminal band.[3]
References
- Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pilocrocis xanthostictalis Hampson, 1908". Afromoths. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- On the moths collected during the cruise of the Valhalla during the winter 1905-6, by Mr. E. B. G. Meade-Waldo
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