Biology:Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ptychopseustis
Species:
P. fuscivenalis
Binomial name
Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Platytes fuscivenalis Hampson, 1896

Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is 18 mm and its color is ochreous. Forewings with veins streaked with brown. An obsolescent bisinuate very oblique leaden-colored antemedial line. Two leaden-colored discocellular specks. A postmedial leaden-colored line very oblique from costa to vein 6, then waved and obsolescent. A marginal dark specks series. Hindwings pale ochreous with dark marginal specks from apex to vein 3.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14227991 entry