Surattha invectalis

Surattha invectalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Surattha
Species:	S. invectalis
Binomial name
	Surattha invectalis; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Prionapteryx invectalis; Pindicitora thysbesalis Walker, 1863;

Surattha invectalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Kenya.[2]

Description

Its wingspan is about 22–30 mm in the male and 26–32 mm in the female. Forewings with veins 4 and 5 stalked. It is a greyish-ochreous moth and irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. Forewings with indistinct pale waved antemedial line, with fuscous suffusion on the edges. There are similar, more distinct medial and postmedial lines, where the latter angled on vein 5, the former with dentate dark marks on its outer edge, with latter on its inner. A white spot beyond discocellulars. A marginal black specks series and a line through the cilia. Hindwings pale or dark fuscous, rarely pure white.[3]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2015). "Surattha invectalis (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 23, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2015). "Surattha invectalis (Walker, 1863)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.