Pygospila tyres

Pygospila tyres
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pygospila
Species:	P. tyres
Binomial name
Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
Phalaena tyres Cramer, 1780 Pygospila tyridia Strand, 1920 Pygospila thyralis Hübner, 1825 Pygospila tyresalis Guenée, 1854

Pygospila tyres is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in the rainforests of south-east Asia, including Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Queensland in Australia.

Description

Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint broadly scaled in front, the 3rd porrect (extending forward) and lying on the hair of 2nd joint; maxillary palpi filiform and as long as the labial; frons rounded; antennae of male minutely ciliated; patagia extending beyond the metathorax; tibiae with the outer spurs half the length of the inner; abdomen long, male with the anal tuft large. Forewing with the costa arched towards apex; the outer margin oblique; the inner margin lobed before middle and somewhat excised towards outer angle; vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 approximated for about one-third length; 7 curved and approximated to 8 and 9; 10 closely approximated to 8 and 9. Hindwing with the costa arched at middle; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3 from the angle; 4 and 5 not approximated towards origin; 6 and 7 shortly stalked and curved, 7 anastomosing (fusing) slightly with 8.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

External links

• Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (25 April 2018). "Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 19 June 2018.