Bocchoris Rufiflavalis
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''Bocchoris rufiflavalis'' is a
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the family
Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. It can be found in
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
. The head and thorax are rufous mixed with yellow, the abdomen is white with rufous segmental lines. Fore wings are yellow suffused with rufous; an antemedial yellow spot below the cell defined by brown, a small v-shaped brown mark in cell just beyond it with yellow centre, a medial yellow patch from subcostal nervure to vein 1, defined by brown and expanding below the cell; a yellow band beyond the cell from below costa to vein 2, expanding somewhat at the middle, defined on inner side by brown and on outer by the postmedial line which is incurved below costa, excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of the cell and sinuous to the inner margin, with series of small yellow spots beyond it; some slight yellow marks on termen; cilia chequered yellow and rufous. Hind wings are yellow with a small rufous spot in the cell and elliptical discoidal annulus; postmedial line rufous, incurved below costa, bent outwards between veins 5 and 2, then oblique; a curved crenulate subterminal line, the apical area suffused with rufous; a terminal rufous line and a line through the cilia. It has a wingspan of .Hampson, G. F. 1912b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9:page 259
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Moths described in 1912 Spilomelinae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Nomophilini-stub