Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Crambidae | |
Pygospila costiflexalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Description
Differs from Pygospila tyres in being cupreous brown with a faint purple tinge ; the neck fulvous ; the thoracic stripes obscure and brownish, the abdominal spots small. Fore wing with the sub-basal markings obsolescent ; the three submarginal spots absent, and the spots below vein 2 minute. Hind wing with the three submarginal spots and the spot below vein 2 obsolescent.
The wingspan is about 42 mm.
References
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