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'''''Surattha invectalis''''' is a [[moth]] in the [[Crambidae]] family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in [[Sri Lanka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx|title=global Pyraloidea database |website=Globiz.pyraloidea.org|accessdate=July 15, 2014}}</ref> [[India]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Java]]), [[Myanmar]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Kenya]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SURAINVE|title=''Surattha invectalis'' (Walker, 1863)|work=Afro Moths|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>
'''''Surattha invectalis''''' is a [[moth]] in the [[Crambidae]] family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in [[Sri Lanka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx|title=global Pyraloidea database |website=Globiz.pyraloidea.org|accessdate=July 15, 2014}}</ref> [[India]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Java]]), [[Myanmar]], and [[Kenya]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SURAINVE|title=''Surattha invectalis'' (Walker, 1863)|work=Afro Moths|accessdate=January 26, 2015}}</ref>

==Description==
Wingspan is about 22-30mm in male and 26-32mm in female. Fore wings with veins 4,5 stalked. It is a greyish ochreous moth and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wings with indistinct pale waved antemedial line, with fuscous suffusion on the edges. There are similar more distinct medial and postmedial lines, where the latter angled on vein 5, the former with dentate dark marks on its outer edge, with latter on its inner. A white spot beyond discocellulars. A marginal black specks series and a line through the cilia. Hind wings pale or dark fuscous, rarely pure white.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/207319 | title=The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv | publisher=Digital Library of India | date=1892 | accessdate=4 July 2016 | author=Hampson G. F. | pages=558}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Surattha invectalis
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S. invectalis
Binomial name
Surattha invectalis
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Prionapteryx invectalis
  • Pindicitora thysbesalis Walker, 1863

Surattha invectalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka,[1] India, Indonesia (Java), Myanmar, and Kenya.[2]

Description

Wingspan is about 22-30mm in male and 26-32mm in female. Fore wings with veins 4,5 stalked. It is a greyish ochreous moth and irrorated with fuscous. Fore wings with indistinct pale waved antemedial line, with fuscous suffusion on the edges. There are similar more distinct medial and postmedial lines, where the latter angled on vein 5, the former with dentate dark marks on its outer edge, with latter on its inner. A white spot beyond discocellulars. A marginal black specks series and a line through the cilia. Hind wings pale or dark fuscous, rarely pure white.[3]

References

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "Surattha invectalis (Walker, 1863)". Afro Moths. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iv". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.