Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Roxita | |
Roxita adspersella is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Snellen in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Wingspan is about 10mm. In male, head white. Palpi brown at sides. Thorax yellowish brown. Abdomen pale. Fore wings yellowish white. The basal area irrorated with dark scales. A slightly oblique double medial dark line becoming orange at costa, the area beyond it whitish, followed by a series of dark streaks in the interspaces, then a series of orange streaks on the veins on the inner side of the fuscous submarginal line, which is angled outwards to the margin at vein 5. Two black marginal specks below middle. Cilia silvery fuscous. Hind wings yellowish white, with dark marginal line on apical area. Ventral side of fore wings fuscous, the marginal area pale, yellow at apex.