Scirpophaga xanthopygata

Scirpophaga xanthopygata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga[1]
Species: S. xanthopygata
Binomial name
Scirpophaga xanthopygata
Schawerda, 1922
Synonyms
  • Scirpophaga praelata var. xanthopygata Schawerda, 1922

Scirpophaga xanthopygata is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Russia,[2] Ukraine, Korea, eastern China,[3] Japan,[4] Vietnam and Taiwan.[5]

The wingspan is 22–41 mm for males and 23–47 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is pale ochreous white while the underside is fuscous. The upperside of the hindwings is pale also ochreous white, but the underside is suffused with fuscous in the costal half.

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