Rhagoba octomaculalis
Rhagoba octomaculalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Rhagoba |
Species: | R. octomaculalis |
Binomial name | |
Rhagoba octomaculalis (Moore, 1867) | |
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Rhagoba octomaculalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. 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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