Tyspanodes linealis
Species of moth
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Tyspanodes linealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1867.[1] It is found in the Bhutan, the Himalayas, Sri Lanka, the Andamans,[2] Thailand[3] and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tyspanodes |
| Species: | T. linealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tyspanodes linealis (Moore, 1867) | |
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The wingspan is about 28 mm. Adults are straw coloured, the forewings with the interspaces striped with fine black lines, as well as a fine marginal black line. The hindwings are suffused with fuscous.[5]
