Chabula acamasalis

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Chabula acamasalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Chabula
Species:
C. acamasalis
Binomial name
Chabula acamasalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Bocchoris acamasalisWalker, 1859
  • Zebronia acamasalisWalker, 1859
  • Botys flexissimalisWalker, 1866
  • Heterocnephes strangulalisSnellen, 1880
  • Zebronia perspiculalisWalker, 1866

Chabula acamasalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. [1] It is found in India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and much of Australia. [2] [3]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The wings are dark brown with a pattern of white patches. [4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chabula acamasalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. "Species Details : Bocchoris acamasalis Walker, 1859". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. "Chabula acamasalis Walker, [1859]; PED 14". Pyralids of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia