Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis
Appearance
Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Ptychopseustis |
Species: | P. fuscivenalis
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Binomial name | |
Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis (Hampson, 1896)
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Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.