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Tabidia strigiferalis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tabidia

Tabidia strigiferalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Tianjing, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan), Korea and Russia.

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. The forewings are pale yellow or pale ochreous with a basal black point. The antemedial line is represented by black or fuscous spots and there is a black spot below the discal cell near the base. The orbicular stigma and discoidal stigma are black and there is a series of short black streaks along the vein. The postmedial line is represented by a series of black or fuscous spots and there are some indistinct fuscous streaks in the terminal interspaces. The hindwings are yellowish-white and the subterminal line consists of a series of small fuscous points. The terminal area is pale yellow, but brown near the tornus.

References

Tabidia strigiferalis Wikipedia