Calamotropha anticella

Calamotropha anticella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Calamotropha
Species: C. anticella
Binomial name
Calamotropha anticella
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Ancylolomia anticella Walker, 1866

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

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. "Koçak,A.Ö. & M. Kemal,2012, Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". academia. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. 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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