Mecynarcha

Mecynarcha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Mecynarcha apicalis, which is found in Brazil (Lower Amazons).

Mecynarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Mecynarcha

Munroe, 1974[1]
Species:
M. apicalis
Binomial name
Mecynarcha apicalis
(Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Mecyna apicalis Hampson, 1899

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are yellow-brown, suffused with ferruginous red and irrorated and suffused with fuscous. There is a marginal series of black specks. The hindwings are hyaline yellow, the veins streaked with fuscous and with a fuscous marginal band.[2]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 224


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