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]
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]
^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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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phostria, obscurata, species, moth, family, crambidae, described, frederic, moore, 1885, found, taiwan, india, lanka, singapore, myanmar, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, cram. 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 Phostria obscurataScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily CrambidaeGenus PhostriaSpecies P obscurataBinomial namePhostria obscurata Moore 1885 1 SynonymsCondega obscurata Moore 1885 Phryganodes obscurataDescription editAdults 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 edit 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 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain This Phostria related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phostria obscurata amp oldid 1212374932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
