Auchmophoba alternata
Species of moth
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Auchmophoba alternata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Warren in 1895.[1] It is found in India (Assam), Borneo, Sumbawa[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.
| Auchmophoba alternata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Auchmophoba |
| Species: | A. alternata |
| Binomial name | |
| Auchmophoba alternata (Warren, 1895) | |
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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]
