Roxita adspersella

Roxita adspersella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Roxita
Species:	R. adspersella
Binomial name
	Roxita adspersella; (Snellen, 1893)
Synonyms
	Diptychophora adspersella Snellen, 1893;

Roxita adspersella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 10 mm. In the male, the head is white. Palpi brown at sides. Thorax yellowish brown. Abdomen pale. Forewings yellowish white. The basal area irrorated (sprinkled) with dark scales. A slightly oblique double medial dark line becoming orange at costa, the area beyond it whitish, followed by a series of dark streaks in the interspaces, then a series of orange streaks on the veins on the inner side of the fuscous submarginal line, which is angled outwards to the margin at vein 5. Two black marginal specks below middle. Cilia silvery fuscous. Hindwings yellowish white, with dark marginal line on apical area. Ventral side of forewings fuscous, the marginal area pale, yellow at apex.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.