Cathayia purpureotincta
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Cathayia purpureotincta is a species of snout moth
in the genus Cathayia
. It was described by Hampson in 1917, and is known from Borneo
.
The head and thorax are rufous with a few blackish scales. The abdomen is paler rufous. The forewings are bright rufous irrorated with black and slightly tinged with purple, the veins with slight pale streaks. The hindwings are ochreous tinged and irrorated with brown. The underside is reddish ochreous irrorated with dark brown, on the forewing tinged with purplish red.
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 Cathayia
Cathayia
Cathayia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hampson in 1901, and is known from Spain, Australia, China and Borneo.-Species:* Cathayia insularum * Cathayia lineata...
. It was described by Hampson in 1917, and is known from Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
.
The head and thorax are rufous with a few blackish scales. The abdomen is paler rufous. The forewings are bright rufous irrorated with black and slightly tinged with purple, the veins with slight pale streaks. The hindwings are ochreous tinged and irrorated with brown. The underside is reddish ochreous irrorated with dark brown, on the forewing tinged with purplish red.