Praeacrospila patricialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1912. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Praeacrospila |
| Species: | P. patricialis
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| Praeacrospila patricialis (Schaus, 1912)
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The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are pale yellow and thinly scaled, the costa shaded (darkest at the base). There is a fuscous basal spot on the costa and a subbasal spot in the cell, as well as an antemedial, wavy, oblique, fuscous line, followed by a small annular spot in the cell. The submedian is brownish and a short line is found medially below it to the antemedial. There are two dark lines at the end of the cell, connected with the postmedial by a single line. The terminal area from the postmedial is more heavily scaled and purplish brown, enclosing a small yellow spot close to the postmedial below vein 2 and one on the inner margin. The hindwings are semihyaline pale yellow, shaded with brown at the apex. There is a postmedial dark lunular line from the costa to vein 2.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology
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