Biology:Sufetula rectifascialis

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Short description: Species of moth

Sufetula rectifascialis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Sufetula
Species:
S. rectifascialis
Binomial name
Sufetula rectifascialis
Hampson, 1896

Sufetula rectifascialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 12 mm for males and 14 mm for females. The wings are pale suffused with fuscous brown. The forewings have an oblique antemedial line with a whitish band on the inner edge and a black discocellular spot, as well as three pale annuli on the outer half of the costa. There is an oblique postmedial line with a white band on the outer edge. The hindwings have oblique straight ante- and postmedial lines, the former with a black discocellular spot on it and the latter with a white band on its outer edge. There is a waved submarginal line towards the anal angle.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved July 15, 2014. 
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. pp. 253. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/285/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:

Wikidata ☰ Q14419324 entry