''Chilo ceylonica'' 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 ...

in 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 was described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1896. It is found in

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and

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

, China.

Description

The wingspan is about 22 mm in the male and 26 mm in the female. It is an ochreous-brown moth with fuscous irrorations (speckles). Forewings with fuscous irroration forming streaks in the interspaces except on inner margin. There is an indistinct fulvous medial line curved below costa and with silvery scales on its edges. A submarginal silver line bent inwards below costa. A marginal black spots series found with white center. Cilia silvery. Hindwings whitish, tinged with fuscous on apical area on male. An indistinct marginal black specks series can be seen.

References

Chiloini Moths described in 1896 {{Chiloini-stub