Sternitta suffuscalis

Sternitta suffuscalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Sternitta
Species:	S. suffuscalis
Binomial name
	Sternitta suffuscalis; (Swinhoe, 1886)
Synonyms
	Nephopteryx suffuscalis Swinhoe, 1886;

Sternitta suffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Swinhoe in 1886. It is found from central India to the south of Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are unicolorous dark brownish or blackish grey. The crosslines are black. The hindwing ground colour is light grey and the abdomen is light grey.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described in the family Pyralidae.

References

Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.

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