Phostria obscurata

Phostria obscurata is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Myanmar.[2]

Phostria obscurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Phostria
Species:
P. obscurata
Binomial name
Phostria obscurata
(Moore, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Condega obscurata Moore, 1885
  • Phryganodes obscurata

Adults are purplish brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in the middle of the cell, and a streak at the end. The hindwings have a similar irregular discal band.[3]

References
  1. TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
  2. Shibuya, J., 1928. "The Systematic Study on the Formosan Pyralidae". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. January 1928; 22(1): 1-300.
  3. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon


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