Aetholix litanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo.[1]

Aetholix litanalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Agroterini
Genus: Aetholix
Species:
A. litanalis
Binomial name
Aetholix litanalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys litanalis Walker, 1859
  • Nymphula litanalis
  • Endotricha stenialis Warren, 1891
  • Botys titanalis Hampson, 1897

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The wings are dark fawn, dusted with paler. There is a paler line near the base and a pale lunule at the end of the cell, as well as pale darker-edged spot midway between them. The subterminal line is pale and there are three pale, dark-edged lunular marks on the costa. The hindwings have faint traces of a central and submarginal paler line.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 8 (43): 68   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.