Calamotropha punctivenellus

Calamotropha punctivenellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Calamotropha
Species:	C. punctivenellus
Binomial name
	Calamotropha punctivenellus; (Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
	Crambus punctivenellus Hampson, 1896;

Calamotropha punctivenellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is 20 mm and it is a white colored moth. Palpi fulvous at sides. Thorax and abdomen irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. Forewings with interspaces suffused with brown scales, leaving the base of the cell and the costal area white. A black spot found at the origin of vein 2. An oblique medial brown striga from costa. A marginal black line somewhat maculate (spotted) at the veins. Hindwings white.[2]

gollark: ↑ umnikos

gollark: https://stepdatabase.maths.org/database/db/Spec/Spec-S1-Q12.png

gollark: ↑ umnikos pretending to be gollark

gollark: !esowiki Macron

gollark: Which "reifies" the type into a value.

References

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

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