Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Niphopyralis | |
Niphopyralis suffidalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and on Borneo.
The wingspan is 20-22 mm. Adults are pure white, the forewings with a few dark scales on the discocellulars and traces of a pale fulvous oblique streak across the apical area. There is a black marginal speck on vein 2 of each wing. The hindwings are mostly suffused with fuscous.
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