Udea ragonotii

Udea ragonotii is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile.[1]

Udea ragonotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. ragonotii
Binomial name
Udea ragonotii
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Mella ragonotii Butler, 1883

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are sericeous (silky) cream colour, irrorated (speckled) with brown and black scales. The veins are pale sandy brownish and there are two arched indistinct brown streaks towards the apex, the first oblique, the second parallel to the outer margin. There is a black spot just before the middle of the cell, and a second, rather larger, at the inferior angle of the cell. There is also a marginal series of minute black dots. The hindwings are silvery pale grey, with two slightly darker spots placed obliquely at the end of the cell. There is also a marginal series of minute black dots.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 4, 2018. Note: This source spells the specific name "ragonoti".
  2. Butler, Arthur G. (1883). "Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected in Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1883: 59–60 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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