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Niphopyralis suffidalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Niphopyralis
Species:	N. suffidalis
Binomial name
Niphopyralis suffidalis C. Swinhoe, 1895

Niphopyralis suffidalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and on Borneo.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are pure white, the forewings with a few dark scales on the discocellulars and traces of a pale fulvous oblique streak across the apical area. There is a black marginal speck on vein 2 of each wing. The hindwings are mostly suffused with fuscous.

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 39 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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