Planctogystia parvulus

Planctogystia parvulus is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Madagascar.^[1]

Planctogystia parvulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Planctogystia
Species:	P. parvulus
Binomial name
Planctogystia parvulus (Kenrick, 1914)
Synonyms
Cossus parvulus Kenrick, 1914

This is a large, heavy moth with a wingspan of 40 to 64 mm. The frontwings are whitish, covered with cossid reticulations, including a fairly marked median line. On the costa there are 5 black spots. The hindwings are uniformly dark grey.^[2]