Tirathaba grandinotella is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2] It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in India (Assam) and on Ambon.[1][3]
| Tirathaba grandinotella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Tirathaba |
| Species: | T. grandinotella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tirathaba grandinotella | |
The wingspan is 28–38 mm. The forewings are dark purplish red with a small annulus in the base of the cell, a larger one at the middle and a discocellular annulus with black margins and purple-red centres. The outer margin is red with some dark suffusion inside it at the costa. There are some white points on the costa towards the apex and a marginal series. The hindwings are fuscous.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
- ^ "Tirathaba grandinotella". insecta.pro.
- ^ GBIF. "Tirathaba grandinotella Hampson, 1898 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (1): 96
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