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Ambia oligalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ambia

Ambia oligalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found on the Louisiade Islands (St. Aignan, Goodenough).

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The costa of the forewings is fuscous towards the base and there is a prominent black discoidal spot, as well as an orange postmedial line, oblique from the costa to vein 2, where it is retracted, terminating below the middle of the cell. There is a curved subterminal band expanding towards the costa and developed into a spot on the inner margin, and with a black line on its outer edge. There is also a terminal band with a black line on its inner edge. The hindwings have a black point in the middle of the cell and prominent black spots on the discocellulars and below the middle of the cell, with an oblique orange band between them. There is an obliquely curved orange postmedial band edged by fuscous lines and a terminal band with a black line on its inner side. There are also six black points on the termen, the two towards the apex with black points on the cilia beyond them.

References

Ambia oligalis Wikipedia