Eoophyla ceratucha
Species of moth
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Eoophyla ceratucha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1894. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra and Java.[1]
| Eoophyla ceratucha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eoophyla |
| Species: | E. ceratucha |
| Binomial name | |
| Eoophyla ceratucha (Meyrick, 1894) | |
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The forewings are shining white with a fuscous costal streak from the base to the middle. There is a broad ochreous-yellow dorsal streak from the base to the anal angle, enclosing a narrow fuscous dorsal streak towards the middle. There is a fuscous triangular blotch on the costa beyond the middle, as well as a yellow-ochreous streak, suffused with fuscous posteriorly. The hindwings are ochreous yellow with a white fuscous-edged fascia before the middle, a white fascia beyond the middle, edged anteriorly with fuscous and posteriorly with black.[2]
