| Pyrausta ploimalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pyrausta |
| Species: | P. ploimalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrausta ploimalis Dyar, 1914
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Pyrausta ploimalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.1 It is found in Panama.2
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The wings are whitish creamy, tinged with brown along the margins. The lines are broad and blurred and there is a scattering of black scales over the wings. Adults have been recorded on wing in August and November.3
References
References
- "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyrausta ploimalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 284 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.