Sternitta suffuscalis
| Sternitta suffuscalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Genus: | Sternitta |
| Species: | S. suffuscalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sternitta suffuscalis (Swinhoe, 1886) | |
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Sternitta suffuscalis is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found from central India south to Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are unicolourous dark brownish or blackish grey. The crosslines are black. The hindwing ground colour is light grey and the abdomen is light grey.
Taxonomy
The species was originally described as a species in the family Pyralidae.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2011: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa, 2842: 1–188. Preview
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