Stenocalama

Stenocalama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Stenocalama
Species: S. ochrotis
Binomial name
Stenocalama ochrotis
Hampson, 1919

Stenocalama is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1919. Its only species, Stenocalama ochrotis, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Uganda.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish, suffused with rufous. The hindwings are white, the costal area tinged with rufous.[3]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Stenocalama ochrotis Hampson, 1919". Afromoths. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  3. Hampson, George F. (November 1919). "Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Crambinae and Siginae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 4 (23): 308 via Internet Archive.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Crambidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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