Ambia melanalis
| Ambia melanalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Ambia |
| Species: | A. melanalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ambia melanalis Hampson, 1906
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Ambia melanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are black brown, suffused with greyish and tinged with yellowish in places. There is an antemedial white spot on the costa with a slight oblique sinuous whitish line from it to the inner margin and a slight white discoidal lunule defined by black. There is also a postmedial white spot on the costa with an excurved line from it to vein 4, then almost obsolete and retracted to a white patch on the inner area below the end of the cell. There is also a white subapical point and a slight subterminal line between veins 7 and 4. The hindwings are black brown tinged with yellowish and slightly suffused with grey. There are two small white spots at the end of the cell and a postmedial line represented by a white bar from the costa and traces of a line towards the tornus. There is also a white terminal line from the costa to vein 6, angled outwards at the apex.[3]
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Ambia melanalis Hampson, 1906". Afromoths. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamilies Hydrocampinae and Scopariinae