Pilocrocis melastictalis Hampson, 1912
| FAMILY | Crambidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Spilomelinae |
| GENUS | Pilocrocis |
| SPECIES | melastictalis |
| AUTHOR | Hampson, 1912 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Pilocrocis melastictalis, sp. n. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Durban, leg. G. F. Leigh. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -29°51'31" Longitude: 31°1'18" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1912b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 9(49):149-174; (50): 242-269; (51): 321-336; (52): 433-444; (54): 625-633. |
| PAGINATION | 264-265 |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | Orientale | Sjöstedt Y. 1926. Zoological results of the Swedish Expedition to Central Africa 1921. Insecta. 23. Abschluss und Zusammenfassung. - Arkiv för Zoologi 18A(24):1-13. | 10 (as melasticalis) |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Hampson G. F. 1912b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 9(49):149-174; (50): 242-269; (51): 321-336; (52): 433-444; (54): 625-633. | 265 |
| Zimbabwe | Hampson G. F. 1912b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 9(49):149-174; (50): 242-269; (51): 321-336; (52): 433-444; (54): 625-633. | 265 |
Host Plants
Unknown
