Schacontia medalba is a moth of the family Crambidae described by William Schaus in 1904. It is found in Brazil and Peru.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Schacontia |
Species: | S. medalba
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Binomial name | |
Schacontia medalba (Schaus, 1904)
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The length of the forewings is 6.5–10 mm. The basal area of the forewings is primarily grey brown. The terminal area of the hindwings is lightly shaded.[1]
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- ^ Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. Bibcode:2013ZooK..291...27G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.