Planctogystia parvulus
Planctogystia parvulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Planctogystia |
Species: | P. parvulus |
Binomial name | |
Planctogystia parvulus (Kenrick, 1914) | |
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Planctogystia parvulus is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in Madagascar.[1]
This is a large, heavy moth with a wingspan of 40 to 64 mm. The frontwings are whitish, covered with cossid reticulations, including a fairly marked median line. On the costa there are 5 black spots. The hindwings are uniformely dark grey.[2]
References
- ↑ afromoths.net
- ↑ Kenrick, 1914a. New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):p.588, pls. 31–32
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