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.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Pycnarmon |
Species: | P. cribrata
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Binomial name | |
Pycnarmon cribrata | |
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Known host plants of the larvae of this species are Embelia tsjeriam-cottam, Ocimum sanctum, Plectranthus parviflorus, Salvia coccinea, Solenstemon blumei and Vitex sp.[3]
References
edit- ^ Fabricius, 1793. Entomologica systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. 3(1):i–iv, 1–487.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794)". African Moths. Retrieved June 19, 2018.