Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species E. xanthocrossa | |
Similar Hyalobathra, Anania, Achyra, Pyrausta | ||
Emphylica is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Emphylica xanthocrossa, which is found in found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.
The wingspan is 14 mm. The forewings are purple-reddish with a large triangular orange spot on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings are whitish ochreous with a broad pale-fuscous terminal band and the terminal edge is orange, except towards the tornus.
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