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Pilocrocis monothyralis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pilocrocis

Pilocrocis monothyralis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Panama and Jamaica.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are cupreous brown. The forewings have dark spots in the end of the cell and on the discocellulars, with whitish spots between them. There is an obscure dark postmedial line. The hindwings have a dark discoidal bar and the postmedial line is very indistinct.

References

Pilocrocis monothyralis Wikipedia