Dodanga cristata

Dodanga cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Dodanga
Species:	D. cristata
Binomial name
	Dodanga cristata; Hampson, 1891
Synonyms
	Arrade cristata Hampson; Almonia cristata;

Dodanga cristata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891.[1] It is found in India[2] and Sri Lanka.

Its wingspan is about 18 mm. The male has a fulvous-yellow body. Its head is roughly scaled and its abdomen is tinged with fuscous. The tarsi of the forelegs are extremely slender. The forewings have indistinct waved subbasal and antemedial lines and a white is speck found at the end of the cell. There is a postmedial line which is highly excurved around the cell. A submarginal dentate line with black patches found beyond it at the middle and outer angle. The tufts on the inner margin are black. Some white specks are found on the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Almonia cristata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Almonia cristata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.