Biology:Talanga sexpunctalis

Short description: Species of moth

Talanga sexpunctalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Talanga
Species:	T. sexpunctalis
Binomial name
Talanga sexpunctalis (Moore, 1887)
Synonyms
Oligostigma sexpunctalis Moore, 1887 Glyphodes lomaspilalis Snellen, 1880 Cataclysta nympha Butler, 1880 Talanga sexpunctata Moore, [1885] (missp.)

Talanga sexpunctalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in South-east Asia, including Kolkata, Hong Kong, New Guinea, Thailand and Queensland in Australia .

Adults are yellow with a prominent brown triangle on each forewing costa, a pair of black spots near each hindwing tornus, and a number of transparent windows. The wings have an iridescent sheen.

External links

• Herbison-Evans, Don; Hacobian, Bart; Crossley, Stella (3 April 2015). "Talanga sexpunctalis (Moore, 1877)". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/sexpunctalis.html. Retrieved 26 June 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7678883 entry