Culama suffusca

Culama suffusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Culama
Species: C. suffusca
Binomial name
Culama suffusca
Kallies & D.J. Hilton, 2012

Culama suffusca is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by Kallies and D.J. Hilton in 2012. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from southern Victoria, northern New South Wales, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. The habitat consists of wet sclerophyll forests.

The wingspan is 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in) for males and 55–60 millimetres (2.2–2.4 in) for females. The ground colour of the forewings is brownish grey, suffused with reddish brown areas and with transverse black lines and streaks. The hindwings are fuscous. Adults are on wing from September to early April.

Etymology

The species name refers to the reddish brown areas of the forewings and is derived from Latin suffusca (meaning brownish).[1]

References

  1. Kallies, A. & Hilton, D.J., 2012: Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zootaxa 3454: 1-62. Abstract: .

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, July 12, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.