Udea melanephra is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in Colombia[1] and Bolivia.[2]

Udea melanephra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. melanephra
Binomial name
Udea melanephra
(Hampson, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Pionea melanephra Hampson, 1913

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are ochreous, irrorated with a few blackish scales and with an indistinct sinuous dark antemedial line. There is a faint brown annulus in the middle of the cell and a prominent black discoidal lunule with a slight brown striga in the centre. There is a black point above it on the costa. The postmedial line has a black spot at the costa and there is a series of black points on it, incurved and with small black spot at the discal fold, below vein 4 bent inwards to below the end of the cell, then again excurved. The terminal area is suffused with rufous with a series of black points on the costa towards the apex and on the termen. The hindwings are creamy white, the terminal area tinged with rufous from the costa to vein 2 and there is a small black spot at the upper angle of the cell and a point at the lower angle. There is a terminal series of points from the apex to vein 2.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ BOLD Systems
  3. ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.