Biology:Udea absolutalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Udea absolutalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. absolutalis
Binomial name
Udea absolutalis
(Dyar, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Nomophila absolutalis Dyar, 1913

Udea absolutalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1913. It is found in Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are uniform dark grey, the discal dots represented by blackish clouds. The orbicular spot is small and the reniform spot is large. There are three yellowish dashes at the apex of the costa. The hindwings are translucent whitish, the veins and margin narrowly grey and the apex a little more extensively so.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
  2. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Vol. 1. 1913 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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