Ischnurges gratiosalis

Ischnurges gratiosalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ischnurges
Species: I. gratiosalis
Binomial name
Ischnurges gratiosalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Samea gratiosalis Walker, 1859
  • Asopia roridalis Walker, 1859

Ischnurges gratiosalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] China, Taiwan and India and on Borneo[2] and the Maldives.[3]

Adults are rose coloured, irregularly varied with yellow, yellowish white and partly clouded with rose colour beneath. The forewings have two vitreous bands, as do the hindwings.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Rhectothyris gratiosalis (Walker, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ischnurges gratiosalis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 357


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