Orthoraphis paula
| Orthoraphis paula | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Orthoraphis |
| Species: | O. paula |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthoraphis paula West, 1931 | |
Orthoraphis paula is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by West in 1931. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).[1]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are buff overlaid with clay colour, and bone-brown on the basal third of the costa, bone-brown on the costa before the apex and there is a bone-brown spot on the median nervure subbasally. The antemedial fascia consists of a bone-brown dentate line and there is a bone-brown spot on the discocellulars. The subterminal fascia consists of an inwardly oblique, wavy, buff line, defined by bone-brown with a deep suffusion of clay-colour proximally and a light suffusion distally. The hindwings are buff with a bone-brown spot on the discocellulars and a postmedial fascia consisting of a bone-brown line from the costa for a short distance then becoming obsolescent.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Novitates Zoologicae