Phostria obscurata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Myanmar.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Phostria |
| Species: | P. obscurata
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Description
editAdults are purplish brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in the middle of the cell, and a streak at the end. The hindwings have a similar irregular discal band.[3]
References
edit- ^ TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan
- ^ Shibuya, J., 1928. "The Systematic Study on the Formosan Pyralidae". Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University. January 1928; 22(1): 1-300.
- ^ The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
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