Glyphodes stolalis

Glyphodes stolalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Glyphodes
Species: G. stolalis
Binomial name
Glyphodes stolalis
Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Glyphodes substolalis Snellen, 1899

Glyphodes stolalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1854.[1] It is found in Cameroon, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur, Orientale, North Kivu), Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, the Seychelles (Félicité, Denis, Silhouette, Round, Sainte-Marie, Mahé, Long), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Gambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, China, India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Sri Lanka,[2] Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia (Western Australia, Queensland).

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings are pale brown with white and purple patches outlined in dark brown.[3]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia