Aethaloessa calidalis

Aethaloessa calidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Aethaloessa
Species: A. calidalis
Binomial name
Aethaloessa calidalis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Glyphodes calidalis Guenée, 1854
  • Botys witialis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Hyalea fulvidalis Wallengren, 1860
  • Syngamia aurantiaca Hampson, 1912
  • Syngamia octavialis Walker, 1859
  • Syngamia secutalis Walker, 1866
  • Syngamia tiphalis Walker, 1859

Aethaloessa calidalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found throughout the Seychelles, South and South-East Asia, Australia and on many Pacific islands.[1]

This moth figured on an 8 cents stamp of Tuvalu in 1980.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au- picture of Aethaloessa calidalis & Tuvalu stamp


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