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Pilocrocis xanthozonalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pilocrocis

Pilocrocis xanthozonalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana and Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The wings are black-brown with a purplish gloss, the forewings with a broad straight oblique yellow band from the costa just beyond the middle to the termen from vein 2 to the tornus.

References

Pilocrocis xanthozonalis Wikipedia