Omiodes maculicostalis

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Omiodes maculicostalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Omiodes
Species:
O. maculicostalis
Binomial name
Omiodes maculicostalis
Hampson, 1893 [1]

Omiodes maculicostalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1893 from Sri Lanka. [2] It is present in Sri Lanka and India.

Description

size 24mm. "Smoky black with a slight purple tinge; palpi below, thorax, and legs white. Fore wing with curved antemedial line; a post- medial white spot on costa; both wings with discocellular black spot and a postmedial line sinuous from costa to vein 2, then retracted to below end of cell, and on hind wing oblique to near anal angle; cilin tipped with white towards outer angle of fore wing and anal angle of hind wing. Underside greyish." [3]

References

  1. ↑ British Museum (Natural History).; History), British Museum (Natural; Butler, Arthur G.; Hampson, George Francis; Walsingham, Thomas de Grey; Horman-Fisher, Maud (1877). Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Edited by Arthur Gardiner Butler. London: Printed by order of the Trustees. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.53701.
  2. ↑ "Omiodes maculicostalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 594.


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