Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Genus | |
Similar Ancylolomia, Euchromius, Pediasia, Calamotropha, Crambinae | ||
Surattha is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. The genus was synonymized with Prionapteryx by Bleszynski in 1967. Its status was later revised by Bassi and Mey in 2011.
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Description
Palpi porrect, and thickly scaled, extending about one and half times length of head. Maxillary palp triangularly scaled. Frons with a conical process. Antennae of male bipectinated, usually with long branches. Tibia with long spurs, where the outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. Fore wings long and narrow, with rounded apex. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 4,5 usually on a long stalk. Veins 6,7,10,11 free. Hind wings with vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 absent. Vein 6 obsolescent from above middle of discocellulars and vein 7 anastomosing with vein 8.