Auchmophoba alternata

Auchmophoba alternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Auchmophoba
Species: A. alternata
Binomial name
Auchmophoba alternata
(Warren, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Petta alternata Warren, 1895
  • Auchmophoba tynnuta Turner, 1913

Auchmophoba alternata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Warren in 1895.[1] It is found in India (Assam), Borneo, Sumbawa[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.

The wingspan is 10-11 mm. The forewings are fuscous mixed with whitish. There are four pairs of short white streaks from the costa, as well as a fuscous subterminal line. The hindwings are whitish with fuscous suffusion on the dorsal part of the disc and terminal suffusion .[3]

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