Schacontia ysticalis
Species of moth
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Schacontia ysticalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Schacontia |
| Species: | S. ysticalis |
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| Schacontia ysticalis (Dyar, 1925) | |
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The length of the forewings is 7–11 mm. The basal, antemedial, and subterminal fasciae of the forewings are brownish orange. The hindwings are yellowed at the margin.[1] Adults have been recorded on wing in mid-June (in Mexico), from January to June (in Costa Rica), from March to April (in Nicaragua), from April to May (in Venezuela) and in December (in Bolivia).
