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Schacontia umbra

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Species of moth

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 7.5–8 mm. The forewings are shaded grey brown and the hindwings are dark grey brown.

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): 27–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861.
Taxon identifiers
Schacontia umbra


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