Scirpophaga xantharrenes

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Scirpophaga xantharrenes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga
Species:
S. xantharrenes
Binomial name
Scirpophaga xantharrenes
Common, 1960

Scirpophaga xantharrenes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1960. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [2]

The wingspan is 27–28 mm for males and about 34 mm for females. The forewings of the males are light orange yellow with a fuscous costa. The hindwings are white. The forewings of the females are white, tinged with fuscous on the costa. The hindwings are white, with an orange-yellow anal tuft. [3]

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References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Scirpophaga xantharrenes Common, 1960". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. Lewvanich, Angoon (June 25, 1981). "A revision of the Old World species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series. 42 (4): 185–298 via Internet Archive.