Phostria obscurata
| Phostria obscurata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Phostria |
| Species: | P. obscurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phostria obscurata (Moore, 1885)[1] | |
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Phostria obscurata is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Burma.[2]
Adults are purplish-brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly-curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in the middle of the cell, and a streak at the end. The hindwings have a similar irregular discal band.[3]