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Scirpophaga ochritinctalis

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Scirpophaga ochritinctalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Scirpophaga
Species:
S. ochritinctalis
Binomial name
Scirpophaga ochritinctalis
(Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Schoenobius ochritinctalis Hampson, 1919
  • Scirpophaga macrostoma Meyrick, 1933

Scirpophaga ochritinctalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1919.[1] It is found in Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (West Kasai, Bas Congo), Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[2]

The wingspan is 24–31 mm for males and 27–39 mm for females. The forewings of the males are pale ochreous white and the hindwings are white. Females have very pale yellowish white forewings and white hindwings with an ochreous yellow anal tuft.[3]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 42 (4)


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