Sameodes cancellalis

Sameodes cancellalis


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sameodes
Species:	S. cancellalis
Binomial name
*Sameodes cancellalis* (Zeller, 1852)^[1]
Synonyms
Botys cancellalis Zeller, 1852 Hymenia meridionalis Walker, 1866 Lepyrodes lepidalis Walker, 1859 Samea sidealis Walker, 1859 Samea vespertinalis Saalmüller, 1880 Sameodes trithyralis Snellen, 1880 Stenia pipleisalis Walker, 1859

Sameodes cancellalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands and Australia (Queensland).

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are brown, with white spots partly outlined in black on the forewings, and white bands across the hindwings.^[2]

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