Platygraphis
| Platygraphis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Platygraphis[1] Dyar, 1918[2] |
| Species: | P. isabella |
| Binomial name | |
| Platygraphis isabella Dyar, 1918 | |
Platygraphis is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Platygraphis isabella, which is found in Mexico.
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, with a brown subbasal line and an inner oblique line in the reverse direction. There is an orbicular of two brown bars, filled with fulvous. The reniform consists of two opposed arcs between the subcostal and median veins, filled with fulvous, which colour also occupies the costa, the terminal area and the tornal region. The hindwings are white, with a median line which is forked on the cell and filled with fulvous. The subterminal and marginal lines run parallel to the margin and are filled with fulvous.[3]
References
- ↑ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ↑ Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Mexico
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