Eschata xanthorhyncha

Eschata xanthorhyncha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eschata
Species: E. xanthorhyncha
Binomial name
Eschata xanthorhyncha
Hampson, 1896

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

Description

Wingspan is about 32mm. Fore wings with somewhat produced and acute apex. In male, head and thorax whitish. Palpi orange, banded with white. Fore legs orange fringed with white. Tarsi banded with orange. Fore wings with area between the postmedial and submarginal lines evenly irrorated with black scales. Hind wings fuscous black. Cilia whitish. Ventral side with basal two-thirds of wings suffused with fuscous black.

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
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