Tirathaba purpurella
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Species of moth
| Tirathaba purpurella | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Tirathaba |
| Species: | T. purpurella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tirathaba purpurella | |
Tirathaba purpurella is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2] It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found on the Louisiade Islands in Papua New Guinea.[1] [3]
The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are purple suffused with fuscous, the veins streaked with fuscous and with a rufous discoidal spot. The hindwings are greyish fuscous, somewhat ochreous towards the base.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Tirathaba purpurella". insecta.pro.
- ^ "Tirathaba purpurella - ZipcodeZoo". zipcodezoo.com.
- ^ Novitates Zoologicae. 24 : 34 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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