''Emmalocera nigricostalis'' is a species of
snout moth (family Pyralidae) in the genus ''
Emmalocera
''Emmalocera'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1888.
Species
* '' Emmalocera actinoleuca'' Hampson, 1918
* '' Emmalocera anerastica'' (Snellen, 1880)
* '' Emmalocera apotomella'' (Meyrick, 1879)
* '' Emmal ...
''. It was described by
Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in western Africa,
India,
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 ...
,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
,
Borneo, the
Andamans,
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
and
Taiwan.
Description
Its wingspan is about 18 mm. The palpi of the male have the second joint hollowed out to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi. Antennae with a sinus at base of shaft containing a ridge of scales. Palpi upturned. Head and collar fuscous black. Abdomen rufous. Forewings rufous, with a fuscous black costal fascia. There are traces of a medial black line, a discocellular spot, and an oblique postmedial line. A marginal black specks series present. Hindwings whitish, with a slight fuscous tinge and marginal line.
References
Moths described in 1863
Emmalocera
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