Sternitta suffuscalis

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Sternitta suffuscalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Sternitta
Species:
S. suffuscalis
Binomial name
Sternitta suffuscalis
(Swinhoe, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Nephopteryx suffuscalis Swinhoe, 1886

Sternitta suffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1886. It is found from central India to the south of Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described in the family Pyralidae.

References

  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.