Bapara obliterosa is a species of snout moth

Pyralidae

The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

 in the genus Bapara

Bapara

Bapara is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Walker, in 1865, and is known from Australia and New Guinea.-Species:* Bapara agasta * Bapara obliterosa Walker, 1865* Bapara pandana Whalley, 1964...

. It was described by Walker in 1865, and is known from New Guinea

New Guinea

New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

 and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands

D'Entrecasteaux Islands

D'Entrecasteaux Islands are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of 160 km, has a total land area of approximately 3,100 km² and is separated from the Papua New Guinea mainland by the...

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Males are dull grass-green above and cinereous beneath. The forewings have four very irregular
reddish brown bands and a diffuse cluster of white speckles in the exterior disk, intersected by two short transverse black streaks, which represent the reniform mark. The marginal line is brown and interrupted. The hindwings are cinereous.