Pycnarmon cribrata

Pycnarmon cribrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Pycnarmon
Species:
P. cribrata
Binomial name
Pycnarmon cribrata
(Fabricius, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Conchylodes corycialis Snellen, 1880
  • Conchylodes privalis (Snellen, 1901)
  • Entephria caberalis Guenée, 1854
  • Phalaena cribrata Fabricius, 1794
  • Pyralocymatophora frenulalis Strand, 1918
  • Zebronia abdicalis Walker, 1859

Pycnarmon cribrata is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is known from Kenya, Zambia, Sierra Leone, South Africa,[2] Malawi, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Known host plants of the larvae of this species are Embelia tsjeriam-cottam, Ocimum sanctum, Plectranthus parviflorus, Salvia coccinea, Solenstemon blumei and Vitex sp.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fabricius, 1793. Entomologica systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. 3(1):i–iv, 1–487.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794)". African Moths. Retrieved June 19, 2018.


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