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Ertzica morosella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ertzica

Ertzica morosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ertzica. It was described by Walker in 1863, and is known from Indonesia (including Java and Sulawesi), India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

Description

Wingspan is about 50mm in male and 56-88mm in female. A pale reddish brown moth. Abdomen suffused with fuscous. Fore wings irrorated with fuscous. Traces of an antemedial line, oblique from costa to below median nervure, where it is angled. A dark speck in end of cell and discocellular speck. There is an indistinct minutely dentate postmedial line excurved between veins 5 and 2. A marginal black specks series present. Hind wings very dark brown with grey tipped cilia.

References

Ertzica morosella Wikipedia