Sufetula sunidesalis

Sufetula sunidesalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sufetula
Species:	S. sunidesalis
Binomial name
	Sufetula sunidesalis; Walker, 1859
Synonyms
	Loetrina flexalis Walker, 1863; Mirobriga albicans Walker, 1863;

Sufetula sunidesalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo[1] and in India (Sikkim, Assam), Sri Lanka and Malaysia.[2]

Adults are cinereous (ash grey) speckled with brown. The wings are partly shaded with pale brown and speckled with darker brown. The exterior line is whitish and the marginal line is dark brown. The forewings have whitish marks along the costa and a blackish apical spot, as well as a whitish interior line.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
Savela, Markku. "Sufetula sunidesalis Walker, 1859". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 19: 947

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Sufetula sunidesalis Walker, 1859". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 19: 947