''Calamotropha anticella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in

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and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Description

Its wingspan is about 24–26 mm. In the male, the head and thorax are greyish suffused with coppery brown. Abdomen whitish. Forewings with costal and inner areas grey irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The median area streaked with coppery brown. A black speck is found at the origin of vein 2. A postmedial line is excurved from costa to vein 6, then reduced to a series of specks. The interspaces of the outer area are streaked with white. A marginal series of black specks is present. Hindwings white slightly tinged with brown. Female with pure white hindwings.

References

Crambinae Moths described in 1866 {{Calamotropha-stub