Sufetula trichophysetis

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Sufetula trichophysetis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Sufetula
Species:
S. trichophysetis
Binomial name
Sufetula trichophysetis
Hampson, 1912

Sufetula trichophysetis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in Ghana.[2]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are whitish suffused with ochreous yellow and with an indistinct double waved curved antemedial line. The inner line is diffused and the postmedial line is double, ochreous and oblique from the costa to vein 6, then minutely waved, excurved to vein 4, then oblique. There is also a faint diffused ochreous subterminal line and a slight oblique dark subapical striga, as well as a slight dark terminal line from just below the apex to vein 4. The hindwings are whitish suffused with ochreous yellow. The basal half of the submedian fold has a fringe of long spatulate scales and there are indistinct double waved brownish medial and postmedial lines from the discal fold to the inner margin.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Sufetula trichophysetis Hampson, 1912". Afromoths. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  3. ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.