Udea melanostictalis

Udea melanostictalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1916.[1] It is found in Kenya.[2]

Udea melanostictalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. melanostictalis
Binomial name
Udea melanostictalis
(Hampson in Poulton, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Pionea melanostictalis Hampson in Poulton, 1916

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish, tinged and irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. The costal area is browner and there are small antemedial black spots on the subcostal and median nervures, vein 1 and above the inner margin, as well as a black point in the cell towards the extremity and discoidal bar. The postmedial line is black, dentate to vein 4, then with an oblique bar to vein 2, then retracted to below the end of the cell and excurved at the submedian fold and slightly above the inner margin. There is also a curved series of blackish points just before the termen and a terminal series. The hindwings are whitish suffused with red brown and with traces of a curved brown postmedial line. There is also a terminal series of slight brown points.[3]

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Udea melanostictalis (Hampson, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London


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