Sternitta parasuffuscalis

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Sternitta parasuffuscalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Sternitta
Species:
S. parasuffuscalis
Binomial name
Sternitta parasuffuscalis
Fibiger, 2011

Sternitta parasuffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in southern India (it was described from Thalassery).

Description

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are unicolorous dark grey. The crosslines are black. The hindwing ground colour is grey and the abdomen is light grey.

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