''Sebrus amandus'' 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
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...
. It was described by
Stanisław Błeszyński
Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths.
Błeszyński worked at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academ ...
in 1970. It is found in Perinet,
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
This species has a forewing length of 7–8 mm, with a dull whitish ground colour, dusted with brown scales. The types were provided from
Perinet, Madagascar. It can be distinguished from ''
Pediasia
''Pediasia'' is a genus of small moths in the family (biology), family Crambidae. They are widespread across temperate Eurasia and adjacent regions.See references in Savela (2005)
Despite this genus being proposed as early as 1825, it was not w ...
'' by the double frenulum in the female (single in ''Pediasia'' species).
[Bleszynski S. 1970. "New genera and species of tropical Crambiinae, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, part 48". - ''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 113:1–26. (page 12)]
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List of moths of Madagascar
There are about 2,680 known moth species of Madagascar. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Madagascar. The ...
Crambinae
Moths described in 1970
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