Tirathaba nitidalis

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Tirathaba nitidalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. nitidalis
Binomial name
Tirathaba nitidalis
Hampson, 1917 [1]

Tirathaba nitidalis is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. [2] [1] It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in New Guinea. [3] [4]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are silvery white, with the costal edge black towards the base and with a diffused purplish-fuscous subterminal line, slightly excurved at the middle, the area beyond it faintly tinged with purplish fuscous. The hindwings are silvery white, the inner area slightly tinged with brown. [5]

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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 nitidalis". insecta.pro.
  3. ↑ GBIF. "Tirathaba nitidalis Hampson, 1917 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org.
  4. ↑ "Tirathaba nitidalis - ZipcodeZoo". zipcodezoo.com.
  5. ↑ Novitates Zoologicae. 24 : 35 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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