Sedenia polydesma

Sedenia polydesma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sedenia
Species:	S. polydesma
Binomial name
	Sedenia polydesma; Lower, 1900

Sedenia polydesma is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are grey whitish, sprinkled with ochreous-fuscous scales, which tend to form three moderate transverse fasciae. The hindwings are light fuscous, with two darker fuscous transverse fasciae and a fine line of fuscous scales along the hindmargin.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
Lower, Oswald B. (August 8, 1900). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 25 (97): 29–51 – 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] Lower, Oswald B. (August 8, 1900). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 25 (97): 29–51 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.