Biology:Ambia punctimarginata

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Short description: Species of moth

Ambia punctimarginata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ambia
Species:
A. punctimarginata
Binomial name
Ambia punctimarginata
Rothschild, 1915

Ambia punctimarginata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white, with three spots on the costa and three indistinct dirty brown discal patches. There is a basal dot on the costa and a sooty black median spot below the subcostal vein. There is also a marginal band of sooty black spots. The hindwings are white with two or three irregular and indistinct patches of brown scales and a marginal row of sooty black spots.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q19595863 entry