Orthoraphis paula

Description

Orthoraphis paula is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by West in 1931. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon). The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are buff overlaid with clay colour, and bone-brown on the basal third of the costa, bone-brown on the costa before the apex and there is a bone-brown spot on the median nervure subbasally. The antemedial fascia consists of a bone-brown dentate line and there is a bone-brown spot on the discocellulars. The subterminal fascia consists of an inwardly oblique, wavy, buff line, defined by bone-brown with a deep suffusion of clay-colour proximally and a light suffusion distally. The hindwings are buff with a bone-brown spot on the discocellulars and a postmedial fascia consisting of a bone-brown line from the costa for a short distance then becoming obsolescent.