Tirathaba pseudocomplana is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2][3] It was described by George Hampson in 1917.[4][1] It is found in New Guinea, on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Solomon Islands and in Australia (the Northern Territory and Queensland).
Tirathaba pseudocomplana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Tirathaba |
Species: | T. pseudocomplana
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Binomial name | |
Tirathaba pseudocomplana |
The wingspan is about 30 mm. The wings are brown with variable subcostal markings on the forewings.
The larvae feed on Ficus racemosa.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Tirathaba pseudocomplana - Discover Life". www.discoverlife.org.
- ^ "Tirathaba pseudocomplana". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au.
- ^ "Tirathaba pseudocomplana - ZipcodeZoo". zipcodezoo.com.
- ^ "Global Species : Tirathaba pseudocomplana". www.globalspecies.org.