Pilocrocis xanthozonalis

Pilocrocis xanthozonalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pilocrocis
Species:	P. xanthozonalis
Binomial name
	Pilocrocis xanthozonalis; Hampson, 1912

Pilocrocis xanthozonalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae (crambid snout moths). It is part of the Lepidoptera species, an order of insects that also includes butterflies. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in French Guiana,[1] Guyana and Costa Rica.[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The wings are black-brown with a purplish gloss, the forewings with a broad straight oblique yellow band from the costa just beyond the middle to the termen from vein 2 to the tornus.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
"Pilocrocis xanthozonalis - Taxonomy Browser - BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org.
Hampson, George F. (1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Taylor & Francis. p. 264 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] "Pilocrocis xanthozonalis - Taxonomy Browser - BOLDSYSTEMS". www.boldsystems.org.

[3] Hampson, George F. (1912). "Descriptions of new Species of Pyralidae of the Subfamily Pyraustinae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Taylor & Francis. p. 264 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.