Ambia punctimarginata explained

Ambia punctimarginata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white, with three spots on the costa and three indistinct dirty brown discal patches. There is a basal dot on the costa and a sooty black median spot below the subcostal vein. There is also a marginal band of sooty black spots. The hindwings are white with two or three irregular and indistinct patches of brown scales and a marginal row of sooty black spots.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: global Pyraloidea database . Globiz.pyraloidea.org . 2014-07-15.
  2. http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Lepidoptera_of_the_British_Ornithologists_Union_and_Wollaston_1000890463/127 Rothschild, Walter. Macrolepidoptera. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. 1915