Tirathaba grandinotella

Tirathaba grandinotella is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2] It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in India (Assam) and on Ambon.[1][3]

Tirathaba grandinotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Tirathaba
Species:
T. grandinotella
Binomial name
Tirathaba grandinotella

The wingspan is 28–38 mm. The forewings are dark purplish red with a small annulus in the base of the cell, a larger one at the middle and a discocellular annulus with black margins and purple-red centres. The outer margin is red with some dark suffusion inside it at the costa. There are some white points on the costa towards the apex and a marginal series. The hindwings are fuscous.[4]

References
  1. "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  2. "Tirathaba grandinotella". insecta.pro.
  3. GBIF. "Tirathaba grandinotella Hampson, 1898 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org.
  4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (1): 96


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