Rhagoba octomaculalis

Rhagoba octomaculalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Rhagoba
Species:	R. octomaculalis
Binomial name
	Rhagoba octomaculalis; (Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
	Filodes octomaculalis Moore, 1867 ; Pygospila octomaculalis ; Rhagoba bimaculata Moore, 1888 ;

Rhagoba octomaculalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Moore in 1867. It is found in India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh).[1]

Adults are dark fuliginous black, with the base of the forewings metallic blue.[2] It is a somewhat variable species. In some specimens, each wing is marked with two transparent white spots, while in others only with one, and in still others the spot of the hindwings is also missing.[3]

References

"global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
XVIII. A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

[3] XVIII. A catalogue of the Pyralidina of Sikkim collected by Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Möller