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''Pantographa idmonalis'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
. It was described by
Herbert Druce Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in London – 11 April 1913, in London) was an English entomologist. His collections were acquired by Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919), Osbert Salvin (1835–1898), and James John Joicey (1870–1932) b ...
in 1895. It is found in
Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cu ...
, Mexico. The forewings and hindwings are very pale yellowish fawn. The forewings are crossed by three narrow waved brown lines from the costal to the inner margin. There is a brown spot in the cell and a double brown spot at the end of it, as well as a zigzag submarginal curved pale line extending from the costal to the inner margin, and then continued across the hindwings to the anal angle. The hindwings are crossed by several indistinct lines.''Biologia Centrali-Americana''


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Moths described in 1895 Spilomelinae {{Agroterini-stub