Udea lugubralis

Udea lugubralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species: U. lugubralis
Binomial name
Udea lugubralis
(Leech, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Botys lugubralis Leech, 1889

Udea lugubralis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Leech in 1889. It is found in Japan and on the Kurile Islands,[1] as well as in China.[2]

The wingspan is about 27 mm. Adults are brown, with a slight cupreous tint. The forewings have a dark basal line and a darkly outlined stigmata, beyond them is a sharply serrated dark line, which curves abruptly towards the centre of the wing, then descends to the inner margin. The hindwings have a dark central line and discal spot.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. The Entomologist 1889


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