''Sameodes alexalis'' 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 ...
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 is found in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
(
Luzon
Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, ...
).
The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is about 27 mm. The wings are pale orange yellow, the forewings with a black spot at the base of the cell and a vertical antemedial dark vinaceous drab line, which is narrow on the costa and expands to the inner margin where it extends to the postmedial which is narrow on the costa, vertical on the inner edge, outbent on the outer edge to near the termen above the tornus and abruptly inbent, leaving the terminal portion of the inner margin orange yellow. There is a small black spot at the cell over veins 3 and 4. The hindwings have dark vinaceous drab postmedial line which is narrow on the costa.
The Philippine journal of science
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References
Moths described in 1927
Spilomelinae
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