Sedenia xeroscopa

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Sedenia xeroscopa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Sedenia
Species:
S. xeroscopa
Binomial name
Sedenia xeroscopa
Lower, 1900

Sedenia xeroscopa is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. [1]

The wingspan is 19–22 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-fuscous, darkest along the costa and hindmargin. There is an obscure, moderately straight dark fuscous line from the costa to the inner margin. There is a dull whitish spot on the costa and an obscure fuscous discal spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are greyish with a fuscous discal spot and a gently curved fuscous line from the costa towards the inner margin. [2]

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .