''Rehimena straminealis'' 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

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. It was described by South in 1901. It is found in central

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. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is about 19 mm. The forewings are pale straw, rather darker on the costa. There is a black dot in the cell and a hook-shaped mark below it on the inner margin, as well as a black spot at end of the cell. The postmedial band is indicated by short black streaks on veins 1 to 7. The hindwings have black streaks on veins 2 to 7 and some black specks between veins 1 and 2, as well as a black cloud on the outer margin near the apex.

References

Spilomelinae Moths described in 1901 {{Spilomelinae-stub