Sufetula rectifascialis

Sufetula rectifascialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Sufetula
Species: S. rectifascialis
Binomial name
Sufetula rectifascialis
Hampson, 1896

Sufetula rectifascialis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 12 mm for males and 14 mm for females. The wings are pale suffused with fuscous brown. The forewings have an oblique antemedial line with a whitish band on the inner edge and a black discocellular spot, as well as a three pale annuli on the outer half of the costa. There is an oblique postmedial line with a white band on the outer edge. The hindwings have oblique straight ante- and postmedial lines, the former with a black discocellular spot on it and the latter with a white band on its outer edge. There is a waved submarginal line towards the anal angle.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Fauna Br. India (Moths) 4 : 253
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