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Phostria obscurata

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Phostria obscurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Phostria
Species:
P. obscurata
Binomial name
Phostria obscurata
(Moore, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Condega obscurata Moore, 1885
  • Phryganodes obscurata

Phostria obscurata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Myanmar.[2]

Description

Adults are purplish brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in the middle of the cell, and a streak at the end. The hindwings have a similar irregular discal band.[3]

References

  1. ^ TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
  2. ^ Shibuya, J., 1928. "The Systematic Study on the Formosan Pyralidae". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. January 1928; 22(1): 1-300.
  3. ^ The Lepidoptera of Ceylon