Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Calamotropha | |
Calamotropha oculalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Snellen in 1893. It is found on Java, and Sri Lanka.
Description
Wingspan is 8mm. Male whitish. Palpi fulvous at sides except the third joint. Abdomen yellowish. Fore wings with brown costa, with a broad fulvous fascia below it. An indistinct medial brown line oblique and highly angled below costa, then waved and with black specks on it at lower angle of cell and vein 2. A submarginal line double highly angled below costa, then obsolescent, sinous, and reduced to specks. The apex white with large brown spot. Three black specks on margin below middle. Cilia silvery. Ventral side of fore wings suffused with fuscous.
References
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