Schacontia umbra

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Schacontia umbra
Male paratype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Schacontia
Species:
S. umbra
Binomial name
Schacontia umbra
Solis & Goldstein, 2013

Schacontia umbra is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Maria Alma Solis and Paul Z. Goldstein in 2013. It is found in central Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is 7.5โ€“8 mm. The forewings are shaded grey brown and the hindwings are dark grey brown.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet refers to the dark wing shading of this species.

References

  1. ^ 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): 27โ€“81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861.