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Pilocrocis metachrysias
Pilocrocis metachrysias is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1918. It is found in Peru.
From the article Pilocrocis metachrysias on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The forewings are black brown glossed with silvery blue to beyond the end of the cell and on the inner area to the middle. The rest of the wing is glossed with purple. The hindwings are orange yellow, the terminal area is black brown glossed with purple.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1262602.