| Chilo ceylonica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chilo |
| Species: | C. ceylonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilo ceylonica Hampson, 1896 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chilo ceylonica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka, Vietnam [1] and Hainan, China. [2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm in the male and 26 mm in the female. It is an ochreous-brown moth with fuscous irrorations (speckles). Forewings with fuscous irroration forming streaks in the interspaces except on inner margin. There is an indistinct fulvous medial line curved below costa and with silvery scales on its edges. A submarginal silver line bent inwards below costa. A marginal black spots series found with white center. Cilia silvery. Hindwings whitish, tinged with fuscous on apical area on male. An indistinct marginal black specks series can be seen. [3]
Erebus macrops, the common owl-moth, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1768. It is found in the subtropical regions of Africa and Asia. The wingspan is about 12 cm, making it exceptionally large for an Erebidae species. The larvae feed on Acacia and Entada species.
Mythimna decisissima is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from India across south-east Asia including Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Australia in Queensland and New South Wales. It is also present in South Africa.
Macaldenia palumba is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the Oriental region of India, Sri Lanka to Japan (Okinawa) and Sundaland, east to New Guinea. It is also found on Guam in Micronesia.
Acronicta pruinosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Sri Lanka, the Himalaya, east to Japan and Taiwan south to Myanmar and Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and New Guinea.
Ctenoplusia limbirena, the Scar Bank gem, or silver U-tail, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-western Europe, Africa, the Canary Islands, Arabia, the southern Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina to south-eastern China, Taiwan, Sulawesi, Bali and Timor. In New Zealand, it has been established since 2011.
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Cirrhochrista bracteolalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, India, the Philippines Sri Lanka and Cambodia.
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.
Ancylolomia chrysographellus, the angled grass moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on Cyprus and in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Plusiodonta coelonota, the snake vine moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. It is found from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, Australia, Papua New Guinea, to South and South-East Asia.
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.
Calamotropha oculalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1893. It is found on Java and Sri Lanka.
Roxita adspersella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Haimbachia strigulalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and China.
Ptychopseustis argentisparsalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Patissa lactealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Neotogaria galema is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in Bangladesh.
Antaeotricha phollicodes is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana.
Ambia tenebrosalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.