Eoophyla ceratucha

Eoophyla ceratucha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1894. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra and Java.[1]

Eoophyla ceratucha
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E. ceratucha
Binomial name
Eoophyla ceratucha
(Meyrick, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Oligostigma ceratucha Meyrick, 1894
  • Oligostigma falcatalis Snellen, 1901

The forewings are shining white with a fuscous costal streak from the base to the middle. There is a broad ochreous-yellow dorsal streak from the base to the anal angle, enclosing a narrow fuscous dorsal streak towards the middle. There is a fuscous triangular blotch on the costa beyond the middle, as well as a yellow-ochreous streak, suffused with fuscous posteriorly. The hindwings are ochreous-yellow with a white fuscous-edged fascia before the middle, a white fascia beyond the middle, edged anteriorly with fuscous and posteriorly with black.[2]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. XVIII. On Pyralidina from the Malay Archipelago


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