Pygospila bivittalis
Species of moth
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Pygospila bivittalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in India, China,[2] Indonesia (Seram, Obi), New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[3][4]
| Pygospila bivittalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Pygospila |
| Species: | P. bivittalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygospila bivittalis Walker, 1866 | |
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Adults are cupreous brown, the forewings cupreous, purple tinged, with two silvery-white oblique streaks at the base, and with eight white semihyaline (almost glasslike) spots, of which four are subquadrate and larger than the rest. The hindwings are brown and somewhat woolly. The costal area is white.[5]
