Sternitta parasuffuscalis

Sternitta parasuffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in southern India (it was described from Thalassery).

Sternitta parasuffuscalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Sternitta
Species:
S. parasuffuscalis
Binomial name
Sternitta parasuffuscalis
Fibiger, 2011

Description edit

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are unicolorous dark grey. The crosslines are black. The hindwing ground colour is grey and the abdomen is light grey.

References edit

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