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Meroctena zygialis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Meroctena

Meroctena zygialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Druce in 1899. It is found in Mexico (Jalapa).

The forewings are pale citron-yellow, but darker along the costal and outer margins, with two brown spots near the base and one at the end of the cell. There is a curved submarginal line of small brown dots extending from the costal to the inner margin, and a marginal row of minute dots extending from the apex to the anal angle. The hindwings are similar to the forewings, but with lines of small spots only.

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Meroctena zygialis Wikipedia