Sternitta suffuscalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1886. It is found from central India to the south of Sri Lanka.

Sternitta suffuscalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Sternitta
Species:
S. suffuscalis
Binomial name
Sternitta suffuscalis
(Swinhoe, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Nephopteryx suffuscalis Swinhoe, 1886

The wingspan is 9–11 mm.

Taxonomy

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The species was originally described in the family Pyralidae.

References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.