Scirpophaga xanthopygata
| Scirpophaga xanthopygata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scirpophaga[1] |
| Species: | S. xanthopygata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scirpophaga xanthopygata Schawerda, 1922 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scirpophaga xanthopygata is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Russia,[2] Ukraine, Korea, eastern China,[3] Japan,[4] Vietnam and Taiwan.[5]
The wingspan is 22–41 mm for males and 23–47 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is pale ochreous white while the underside is fuscous. The upperside of the hindwings is pale also ochreous white, but the underside is suffused with fuscous in the costal half.
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Scirpophaga at funet
- ↑ Japanese Moths
- ↑ A revision of the Old World species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae)
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