Sameodes cancellalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Sameodes |
| Species: | S. cancellalis
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| Sameodes cancellalis | |
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Sameodes cancellalis, also called the Banded Pearl moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands, and Queensland, Australia.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are brown, with white spots partly outlined in black on the forewings, and white bands across the hindwings.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Species Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 June 2010). "Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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