Schacontia ysticalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1925. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Bolivia.

Schacontia ysticalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Schacontia
Species:
S. ysticalis
Binomial name
Schacontia ysticalis
(Dyar, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Thlecteria ysticalis Dyar, 1925

The length of the forewings is 7–11 mm. The basal, antemedial, and subterminal fasciae of the forewings are brownish orange. The hindwings are yellowed at the margin.[1] Adults have been recorded on wing in mid-June (in Mexico), from January to June (in Costa Rica), from March to April (in Nicaragua), from April to May (in Venezuela) and in December (in Bolivia).

References

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  1. ^ Goldstein, Paul Z.; Metz, Mark A.; Solis, M. Alma (2013). "Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)". ZooKeys (291): 27–81. Bibcode:2013ZooK..291...27G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. PMC 3677288. PMID 23794861.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.