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Sameodes cancellalis

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Sameodes cancellalis

Sameodes cancellalis (also recorded as Banded Pearl) is an accepted species in the family Crambidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Bas Congo, Equateur, Katanga, Orientale, West Kasai, Chagos, Mayotte (Maore), and Nosy Bé. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.

Common name
Banded Pearl
Family
Crambidae
Order
Lepidoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Bas Congo, Equateur, Katanga, Orientale, West Kasai, Chagos, Mayotte (Maore), Nosy Bé

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy