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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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).
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- ^ 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): 27–81. Bibcode:2013ZooK..291...27G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861.
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