Phostria obscurata

Phostria obscurata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Phostria
Species:	P. obscurata
Binomial name
	Phostria obscurata; (Moore, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
	Condega obscurata Moore, 1885; Phryganodes obscurata;

Phostria obscurata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Myanmar.[2]

Description

Adults are purplish brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in the middle of the cell, and a streak at the end. The hindwings have a similar irregular discal band.[3]

References

TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
Shibuya, J., 1928. "The Systematic Study on the Formosan Pyralidae". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. January 1928; 22(1): 1-300.
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon

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[1] TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan

[2] Shibuya, J., 1928. "The Systematic Study on the Formosan Pyralidae". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. January 1928; 22(1): 1-300.

[3] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon