''Udeoides muscosalis'' 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 George Hampson in 1913. It is found in

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

and

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. The

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is about 20 mm. The forewings are sap-green, slightly irrorated with black, some deep rufous and blackish suffusion below and beyond end of cell and at the base of the inner margin. There is a diffused blackish subbasal line. The antemedial line is black, oblique and slightly sinuous and the terminal half of the costa has black striae with pale brown between them. The postmedial line is white, defined on the inner and outer sides by a series of black points, slightly excurved below the costa and at the middle. There is also a terminal white line with a series of black points on it and a black spot on its inner edge at the discal fold. The hindwings are fuscous brown.''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology''

References

Moths described in 1913 Spilomelinae {{Spilomelinae-stub