Sedenia polydesma

Sedenia polydesma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Sedenia
Species: S. polydesma
Binomial name
Sedenia polydesma
Lower, 1900

Sedenia polydesma is a moth in the Crambidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish, sprinkled with ochreous-fuscous scales, which tend to form three moderate transverse fasciae. The hindwings are light fuscous, with two darker fuscous transverse fasciae and a fine line of fuscous scales along the hindmargin.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera