Istrianis crauropa

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Istrianis crauropa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Istrianis
Species:
I. crauropa
Binomial name
Istrianis crauropa
Meyrick, 1918

Istrianis crauropa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern India. [1]

The wingspan is about 6 mm. The forewings are dark grey, sprinkled whitish and with undefined elongate spots of blackish irroration on the costa at one-fifth, two-fifths, and three-fifths, separated and last followed by small suffused whitish spots. There is a black subbasal dot on the dorsum surrounded by ochreous-brownish suffusion and there is an oblique black bar in the disc at one-fourth, surrounded by ochreous-brown. Several ochreous-brown tufts are found in the disc and there is some irregular ochreous-brown suffusion, as well as small blackish dots posteriorly. The hindwings are pale grey.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Butea frondosa . Pupation takes place in a spindle shaped cocoon made on the leaf. [2]

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References

  1. Istrianis at funet
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 130 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .