Deanolis iriocapna

Deanolis iriocapna is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1938 and is found on the island of Java.[1]

Deanolis iriocapna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Deanolis[1]
Species:
D. iriocapna
Binomial name
Deanolis iriocapna
(Meyrick, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Sceliodes iriocapna Meyrick, 1938

The forewings are pale yellow, with a yellowish costa, a dark spot in both outer edges of the cell, and a reddish undulating margin along the termen. The hindwings are of the same pale yellow ground colour, and the anterior half of the termen exhibits a similar margin as found in the forewings.[2]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  2. Mally, Richard; Korycinska, Anastasia; Agassiz, David J. L.; Hall, Jayne; Hodgetts, Jennifer; Nuss, Matthias (2015). "Discovery of an unknown diversity of Leucinodes species damaging Solanaceae fruits in sub-Saharan Africa and moving in trade (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)". ZooKeys (472): 117–162. doi:10.3897/zookeys.472.8781. PMC 4304033. PMID 25632252.


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