Biology:Ambia tenebrosalis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Ambia tenebrosalis | |
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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. tenebrosalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ambia tenebrosalis Hampson, 1896
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Ambia tenebrosalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Both wings possess stalked veins 4 and 5. Head and thorax fuscous and white marks. Abdomen also fuscous with white rings. Anal tuft is whitish. Wings fuscous. Forewing has indistinct dark sub-basal line, with some white on its outer edge. There are two indistinct medial lines with a white patch on costa between them with a black speck on it. A black-edged fulvous marginal band is present. Hindwing with dark discocellular lunule and indistinct double sinuous postmedial line.[3]
References
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara) (79): 1–57. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/.
- ↑ "Species Details: Ambia tenebrosalis Hampson, 1896". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a56ad37c55f1b93259f7c654308ede5f/source/tree. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. p. 203. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.18995.
Wikidata ☰ Q13311429 entry
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