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Tabidia candidalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tabidia

Tabidia candidalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in China (Zhejiang, Guangdong) and India.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are white, the basal area tinged with greyish-fuscous. The antemedial line is blackish the outer margin with a black blotch along the upper half. The discoidal stigma is black, the postmedial line is fuscous and is followed on the costa by a large black blotch. The lower third of the median area is fulvous with a round blackish apical spot. The hindwings are white, but the outer third is blackish.

References

Tabidia candidalis Wikipedia