Species of moth

Sternitta suffuscalis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Genus:  | Sternitta
Species:  |

S. suffuscalis

Binomial name
Sternitta suffuscalis

(Swinhoe, 1886)

Synonyms

* Nephopteryx suffuscalis Swinhoe, 1886

Sternitta suffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Swinhoe in 1886. It is found from central India to the south of Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are unicolorous dark brownish or blackish grey. The crosslines are black. The hindwing ground colour is light grey and the abdomen is light grey.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The species was originally described in the family Pyralidae.

## References[edit]

* Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.

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