The species Sameodes cancellalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is known as the Banded Pearl in Australia. The adult moths are variable from light to dark brown, with white spots/patches and partly outlined in dark brown to black on the forewings, and white bands across the hindwings. The white patches can appear to make a continuous pattern when the wings are open in a spread position. The moth has a wingspan of about 20 mm.
This species is recorded with a wide distribution from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands and Australia.1
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Pyraloidea
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Sameodes
- Species:
- Sameodes artificalis
- Sameodes cancellalis
- Sameodes iolealis
Footnote & References
- Sameodes cancellalis, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sameodes_cancellalis
- Banded Pearl (Sameodes cancellalis), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/52038-Sameodes-cancellalis
- Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/09c77639-8e59-49ed-ab02-e2fbef47f953
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