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Scirpophaga lineata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Scirpophaga

Similar
  
Scirpophaga praelata, Scirpophaga, Scirpophaga incertulas, Crambidae

scirpophaga lineata


Scirpophaga lineata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Butler in 1879. It is found in China (Jiangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The wingspan is 18–23 mm for males and 22–26 mm for females. The forewings are white, the interspaces of the veins suffused with brown and with a brown band from the apex to the middle of the ventral margin, as well as a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are white. Females have a white anal tuft.

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa.

References

Scirpophaga lineata Wikipedia