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Ambia tenebrosalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Ambia tenebrosalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ambia
Species:
A. tenebrosalis
Binomial name
Ambia tenebrosalis
Hampson, 1896

Description


The wingspan is about 12 mm. Both wings possess stalked veins 4 and 5. Head and thorax fuscous and white marks. Abdomen also fuscous with white rings. Anal tuft is whitish. Wings fuscous. Forewing has indistinct dark sub-basal line, with some white on its outer edge. There are two indistinct medial lines with a white patch on costa between them with a black speck on it. A black-edged fulvous marginal band is present. Hindwing with dark discocellular lunule and indistinct double sinuous postmedial line.[3]


References


  1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  2. "Species Details: Ambia tenebrosalis Hampson, 1896". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. p. 203 – via Internet Archive.


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