Scirpophaga lineata

Scirpophaga lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga
Species: S. lineata
Binomial name
Scirpophaga lineata
(Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Apurima lineata Butler, 1879
  • Schoenobius lineata

Scirpophaga lineata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.[1] It is found in China (Jiangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.[2]

The wingspan is 18–23 mm for males and 22–26 mm for females. The forewings are white, the interspaces of the veins suffused with brown and with a brown band from the apex to the middle of the ventral margin, as well as a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are white. Females have a white anal tuft.[3]

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ↑ Chen, Fu-Qiang; Wu, Chun-Sheng (April 2014). "Taxonomic review of the subfamily Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) from China". Zoological Systematics. 39 (2): 163–208. doi:10.11865/zs20140201. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 42 (4)
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Scirpophaga lineata (Butler, 1879)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 2, 2018.


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