Schacontia medalba

Schacontia medalba
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Schacontia
Species:	S. medalba
Binomial name
	Schacontia medalba; (Schaus, 1904)
Synonyms
	Acontia medalba Schaus, 1904;

Schacontia medalba is a moth of the family Crambidae described by William Schaus in 1904. It is found in Brazil and Peru.

The length of the forewings is 6.5–10 mm. The basal area of the forewings is primarily grey brown. The terminal area of the hindwings is lightly shaded.[1]

References

Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.