Calamotropha delatalis
| Calamotropha delatalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Calamotropha |
| Species: | C. delatalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamotropha delatalis (Walker, 1863) | |
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Calamotropha delatalis), is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Description
Wingspan is about 27mm in male and 30mm in female. A pale greyish brown moth. Vertex of head whitish. Fore wings with veins and interspaces finely streaked with brown. A black discocellular speck and a marginal brown specks series present. Hind wings fuscous brown.[3]
The larvae probably bore into the stems of grass species.[4]
References
- ↑ "Koçak,A.Ö. & M. Kemal,2012, Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". academia. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ Caterpillars (and Butterflies and Moths) of Australia
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