| Phostria obscurata | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Crambidae | 
| Genus: | Phostria | 
| Species: | P. obscurata | 
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| Phostria obscurata | |
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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
- โ TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
- โ 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.
- โ The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
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