| Charltona desistalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Charltona |
| Species: | C. desistalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Charltona desistalis (Walker, 1863) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Charltona desistalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]
Its wingspan is about 36 mm. Antennae of male with short uniseriate laminated branches. Female pale ochreous, with thick brown irrorations (speckles). Palpi rufous at sides. Legs and abdomen fuscous. Forewings thickly irrorated with long blackish-brown scales. There are traces of a dark fascia in and beyond cell. A marginal black specks series. Hindwings pale fuscous. [3]
Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.
Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Dictyestra is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Shigero Sugi in 1982. It contains only one species, Dictyestra dissectus, the angle network armyworm, first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from India to Indochina, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Sundaland and the Philippines and from Sulawesi to the Moluccas and New Guinea.
Aquita acontioides is an Asian member of the family Nolidae.
Chadisra bipars is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862 and is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Nanaguna breviuscula, the pigeonpea pod borer, is a moth species of the family Nolidae. It is found from Sri Lanka and India east to Samoa. In Australia it is found in the Kimberleys in Western Australia, the northern part of the Northern Territory and from the Torres Strait Islands and Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.
Tiracola plagiata, the cacao armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found from south-east Asia, South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to the South Pacific Islands, including the northern two-thirds of Australia.
Scirpophaga incertulas, the yellow stem borer or rice yellow stem borer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Afghanistan, Nepal, north-eastern India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sumba, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Taiwan, China and Japan.
Teulisna tumida is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Borneo, Sumatra, China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Taiwan.
Ertzica morosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ertzica. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
Gesonia obeditalis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found from eastern Africa, the Seychelles, the Maldives and the Oriental tropics of India, Sri Lanka east to the Philippines, the Sula Islands and Australia. The adult moth has brown wings with a scalloped dark brown band near the margin. The hindwings are similar in pattern to the forewings but are a paler shade of brown.
Lamoria adaptella, the plain lamoria, is a species of snout moth in the genus Lamoria. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from South Africa, the Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore, as well as Japan and Taiwan.
Eupithecia costalis is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is widespread in the tropical and subtropical lowland regions of east and south-east Asia, from Taiwan to India, Sri Lanka Borneo, Borneo, to Hong Kong.
Ziridava xylinaria, the indistinct carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Hong Kong and on Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and possibly the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Trischalis absconditana is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Assam in India and in Sri Lanka.
Calamotropha delatalis, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Charltona kala is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1886. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Culladia admigratella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range in the tropics, and has been recorded from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Sumatra.
Surattha invectalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Kenya.
Hoplomorpha notatana is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
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