Calamotropha melanosticta

Calamotropha melanosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Calamotropha
Species: C. melanosticta
Binomial name
Calamotropha melanosticta
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Crambus melanosticta Hampson, 1896

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

Description

Wingspan 16-20mm. Palpi white at tips. Fore wings with two oblique medial costal brown striga continued as a single medial line angled below costa, with a black spot on it at vein 2. The submarginal line brown, further from margin, double from the costa to its angle at vein 6 and incurved at vein 2. A slight brown marginal line present along with silvery cilia.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. 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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