Sufetula hemiophthalma

Sufetula hemiophthalma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sufetula
Species:	S. hemiophthalma
Binomial name
Sufetula hemiophthalma (Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
Diplopseustis hemiophthalma Meyrick, 1884 Cangetta minuscula Turner, 1937

Sufetula hemiophthalma is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1884. It is found on the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Fiji^[1] and Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white, mixed with pale ochreous, and irregularly irrorated with fuscous and grey. The costa is suffused with dark fuscous and there is a pale line from one-third of the costa to one-third of the inner margin, suffusedly margined posteriorly with dark fuscous. There is a round blackish discal spot and the costa is marked at one-half, five-eighths, and three-fourths with three semicircular dark-centred pale spots and there is a pale line from four-fifths of the costa to four-fifths of the inner margin, suffusedly margined with dark fuscous. There is a row of small obscure blackish spots along the hind margin. The hindwings are white, irrorated with grey and with a round black discal spot, surrounded by a white patch. There is a white line parallel to the hind margin at two-thirds, partially margined with dark fuscous, as well as a row of small obscure dark fuscous spots along the hind margin and a larger one in indentation.^[3]

The larvae feed on Cocos nucifera.

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