Anania elutalis

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Anania elutalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Anania
Species:
A. elutalis
Binomial name
Anania elutalis
(Kenrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Pyrausta elutalisKenrick, 1917
  • Ethiobotys elutalisMaes, 1997

Anania elutalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is found in Madagascar. [1]

The head, antennae, and palpi of this species are dark brown, with tarsi ringed dark brown. The thorax and patagia are greenish-grey, and the abdomen is pale brown. The forewings are greenish-grey, with a darker, curved antemedian line, a sinuous median lin,e and a postmedian angulated line. The hindwings are pale brown without markings. The wingspan of this species is 32 mm. [2]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Anania elutalis (Kenrick, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. Kenrick, Geo. H. (1917). "New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 100 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.