Deuterarcha flavalis

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Deuterarcha flavalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Deuterarcha
Species:
D. flavalis
Binomial name
Deuterarcha flavalis
Hampson, 1893

Deuterarcha flavalis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1893. [1]

Hampson described the species as:

Expanse 1+14 inch. Female, Palpi brown. Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow. Fore wing yellowish suffused with orange-yellow especially at the base; a slight brown suffusion near the base; the whole disk suffused with brown. Hind wing white, yellowish towards the outer margin and with traces of a dark band beyond the cell. Underside whitish. [2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  2. Hampson, George Francis (1893). Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. p. 171.