Mecyna prunipennis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in Japan.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Mecyna |
| Species: | M. prunipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mecyna prunipennis Butler, 1879
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The wingspan is about 13 mm.[2] The forewings are reddish brown, tinged with plum colour and with a greyish spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are dirty ochreous, with a grey external border.[3]
References edit
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1879. 1879
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