Sameodes cancellalis

Sameodes cancellalis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Sameodes
Species:	S. cancellalis
Binomial name
Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
Botys cancellalis Zeller, 1852 Hymenia meridionalis Walker, 1866 Lepyrodes lepidalis Walker, 1859 Samea sidealis Walker, 1859 Samea vespertinalis Saalmüller, 1880 Sameodes trithyralis Snellen, 1880 Stenia pipleisalis Walker, 1859

Sameodes cancellalis, also called the Banded Pearl moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands, and Queensland, Australia.

External links

• Swedish Museum of Natural History - pictures of types