Sternitta suffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1886. It is found from central India to the south of Sri Lanka.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Sternitta |
| Species: | S. suffuscalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sternitta suffuscalis (Swinhoe, 1886)
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The wingspan is 9–11 mm.
Taxonomy
editThe species was originally described in the family Pyralidae.
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.