Merulempista rubriptera
Encyclopedia
Merulempista rubriptera is a moth
of the Pyralidae
family. It is known from China
(Inner Mongolia).
The wingspan
is 23.5-24.5 mm. The head is khaki in males and pale yellowish brown in females. The antenna have a reddish brown scape dorsally, yellow ventrally. The flagellum is yellowish brown ringed with brown. The thorax and tegula in males are rosy, in females greyish-brown tinged with rosy. The forewings are rosy, with scattered greyish white and black scales in the distal half and a longitudinal greyish black stripe at the base just below the costa. The posterior margin is yellowish white at the base. The antemedian line is yellowish white and straight, its posterior half is tinged with black on the inside and ocherous yellow on the outside. The postmedian and subterminal lines are greyish white, slightly sinuate and nearly parallel. The cilia is rosy mixed with greyish brown, with a fine yellowish white basal line. The hindwings are pale brown. The legs are rosy on the outside and yellowish white on the inside.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pyralidae
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...
family. It is known from China
China
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(Inner Mongolia).
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 23.5-24.5 mm. The head is khaki in males and pale yellowish brown in females. The antenna have a reddish brown scape dorsally, yellow ventrally. The flagellum is yellowish brown ringed with brown. The thorax and tegula in males are rosy, in females greyish-brown tinged with rosy. The forewings are rosy, with scattered greyish white and black scales in the distal half and a longitudinal greyish black stripe at the base just below the costa. The posterior margin is yellowish white at the base. The antemedian line is yellowish white and straight, its posterior half is tinged with black on the inside and ocherous yellow on the outside. The postmedian and subterminal lines are greyish white, slightly sinuate and nearly parallel. The cilia is rosy mixed with greyish brown, with a fine yellowish white basal line. The hindwings are pale brown. The legs are rosy on the outside and yellowish white on the inside.