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Pilocrocis cryptalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pilocrocis

Pilocrocis cryptalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Druce in 1895. It is found in Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and French Guiana.

The fore- and hindwings are purplish-black, the former with five semihyaline pearly-white spots. The base of the hindwings is white, as is a broken band about the middle.

References

Pilocrocis cryptalis Wikipedia