Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis

Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Ptychopseustis
Species:	P. fuscivenalis
Binomial name
	Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis; (Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
	Platytes fuscivenalis Hampson, 1896;

Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is 18 mm and its color is ochreous. Forewings with veins streaked with brown. An obsolescent bisinuate very oblique leaden-colored antemedial line. Two leaden-colored discocellular specks. A postmedial leaden-colored line very oblique from costa to vein 6, then waved and obsolescent. A marginal dark specks series. Hindwings pale ochreous with dark marginal specks from apex to vein 3.[2]

References

Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – 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] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.