Tirathaba pseudocomplana

Tirathaba pseudocomplana is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2][3] It was described by George Hampson in 1917.[4][1] It is found in New Guinea, on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Solomon Islands and in Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland).

Tirathaba pseudocomplana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. pseudocomplana
Binomial name
Tirathaba pseudocomplana

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings are brown with variable subcostal markings on the forewings.

The larvae feed on Ficus racemosa.[5]

References

  1. "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. "Tirathaba pseudocomplana - Discover Life". www.discoverlife.org.
  3. "Tirathaba pseudocomplana". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au.
  4. "Tirathaba pseudocomplana - ZipcodeZoo". zipcodezoo.com.
  5. "Global Species : Tirathaba pseudocomplana". www.globalspecies.org.


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