Tabidia candidalis

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Tabidia candidalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Tabidia
Species:
T. candidalis
Binomial name
Tabidia candidalis
(Warren, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Aripana candidalis Warren, 1896

Tabidia candidalis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is found in China (Zhejiang, Guangdong) and India.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are white, the basal area tinged with greyish-fuscous. The antemedial line is blackish the outer margin with a black blotch along the upper half. The discoidal stigma is black, the postmedial line is fuscous and is followed on the costa by a large black blotch. The lower third of the median area is fulvous with a round blackish apical spot. The hindwings are white, but the outer third is blackish.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Chinese Tabidia, 1880 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Spilomelinae), with description of one new species