Tirathaba grandinotella

Tirathaba grandinotella is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2] It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in India (Assam) and on Ambon.[1][3]

Tirathaba grandinotella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. grandinotella
Binomial name
Tirathaba grandinotella

The wingspan is 28–38 mm. The forewings are dark purplish red with a small annulus in the base of the cell, a larger one at the middle and a discocellular annulus with black margins and purple-red centres. The outer margin is red with some dark suffusion inside it at the costa. There are some white points on the costa towards the apex and a marginal series. The hindwings are fuscous.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  2. ^ "Tirathaba grandinotella". insecta.pro.
  3. ^ GBIF. "Tirathaba grandinotella Hampson, 1898 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org.
  4. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (1): 96   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.