Schacontia atropos
Schacontia atropos is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and Paul Z. Goldstein. It is found in northern Venezuela.
| Schacontia atropos | |
|---|---|
| Male holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Schacontia |
| Species: | S. atropos |
| Binomial name | |
| Schacontia atropos Solis & Goldstein, 2013 | |
The length of the forewings is 5.4–5.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is straw yellow, with a brown-grey medial area, heavily suffused with white scales. The hindwings are pale, nearly translucent.[1]
References
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- 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. Bibcode:2013ZooK..291...27G. 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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