Tirathaba leucostictalis

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Tirathaba leucostictalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. leucostictalis
Binomial name
Tirathaba leucostictalis
(Lower, 1903) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eldana leucostictalisLower, 1903

Tirathaba leucostictalis is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. [2] It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [1] [3]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are deep flashy red, deepest on the costal half. There is a small dull whitish spot in the middle of the wing at one-third from the base and a second, much smaller one in a longitudinal line at one-third, and a third midway between those two. The hindwings are greyish, faintly tinged with fuscous on the posterior half. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. "Tirathaba leucospila". insecta.pro.
  3. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Tirathaba leucostictalis (Lower 1903)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018.
  4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27 (1) : 50 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .