Calamotropha anticella
| Calamotropha anticella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Calamotropha |
| Species: | C. anticella |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamotropha anticella (Walker, 1866) | |
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Calamotropha anticella is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1866.[1] It is found in South Africa,[2] and Sri Lanka.[3]
Description
Wingspan is about 24-26mm. In male, head and thorax greyish, suffused with coppery brown. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings with costal and inner areas grey irrorated with fuscous. The median area streaked with coppery brown. A black speck found at origin of vein 2. A postmedial line excureved from costa to vein 6, then reduced to a specks series. The interspaces of outer area streaked with white. A marginal black specks series present. Hind wings white slightly tinged with brown. Female with pure white hind wings.[4]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ "Koçak,A.Ö. & M. Kemal,2012, Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". academia. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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