Tirathaba rosella is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae.[2][1] It was described by George Hampson in 1898.[3][4] It was described from Assam, India.

Tirathaba rosella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Tirathaba
Species:
T. rosella
Binomial name
Tirathaba rosella

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are pale reddish brown, irrorated (sprinkled) with black scales and with an indistinct blackish antemedial line, very oblique from the costa to the middle of the cell, then angled inwards below the cell. There are four or five black points below the subcostal nervure towards the end of the cell and a very indistinct postmedial line. There is also a prominent marginal series of black points. The hindwings are dull reddish-pink.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tirathaba Walker, 1864" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. ^ GBIF. "Tirathaba rosella Hampson, 1898 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org.
  3. ^ "Tirathaba rosella - ZipcodeZoo". zipcodezoo.com.
  4. ^ "Tirathaba rosella". insecta.pro.
  5. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 12 (1): 97   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.