Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis

Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Polygrammodes
Species: P. sanguiguttalis
Binomial name
Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis
Hampson, 1913

Polygrammodes sanguiguttalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1913. It is found in Brazil (Parana) and Paraguay.[1]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are yellow, with a pink costal area to beyond the middle. There is a subbasal pink spot below the cell and an antemedial spot in the cell and another further from the base below the cell, as well as a round spot in the cell towards the extremity and two small discoidal spots. The inner margin is pink from the middle to the toruus and there is a postmedial series of pink spots, as well as a subterminal series of small spots. The hindwings are pale yellow.[2]

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