Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Prophantis | |
Similar Nacoleia, Glyphodes, Palpita, Crambidae | ||
Prophantis adusta is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Inoue in 1986. It is found in India, China, Japan, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Adults are brown with pale yellow wing margins, and with translucent cream bars outlined in black along the costa of the forewings.
Documented specimens
21 specimens that have been recorded. 20 of these have sequences and 19 have barcodes.
References
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