Biology:Calamotropha melanosticta

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Short description: Species of moth

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

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

Description

Its wingspan is 16–20 mm. The palpi are white at their tips. The forewings have 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

Wikidata ☰ Q13448103 entry