Calamotropha delatalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Calamotrophini |
Genus: | Calamotropha |
Species: | C. delatalis
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Binomial name | |
Calamotropha delatalis (Walker, 1863)
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Calamotropha delatalis, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Sri Lanka[1] and Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
The wingspan is about 27 mm in the male and 30 mm in the female. It is a pale greyish-brown moth. The vertex of the head is whitish. Forewings with veins and interspaces finely streaked with brown. A black discocellular speck and a marginal brown specks series present. Hindwings fuscous brown.[3]
The larvae probably bore into the stems of grass species.[4]