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 robusta, 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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