Gampola fasciata is a moth of the family Erebidae, described by Frederic Moore in 1878 from Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Gampola |
| Species: | G. fasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gampola fasciata Moore, 1878
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Description
editThe male's wingspan is about 28 mm and the female's 34 mm. Male has brownish fuscous and anal tuft ochreous. Costa and forewing apex is ochreous. Hindwings pale. Female has indistinct angled fuscous band just beyond the middle of forewing. Some dark marks appear on the outer margin.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Gampola fasciata Moore, 1878". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
edit- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.