Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis

Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ptychopseustis
Species: P. fuscivenalis
Binomial name
Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Platytes fuscivenalis Hampson, 1896

Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Wingspan is 18mm. An ochreous moth. Fore wings with veins streaked with brown. An obsolescent bisinuate very oblique leaden-colored antemedial line. Two leaden-colored discocellular specks. A postmedial leaden-colored line very oblique from costa to vein 6, then waved and obsolescent. A marginal dark specks series. Hind wings pale ochreous with dark marginal specks from apex to vein 3.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. 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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