Striglina scitaria

Striglina scitaria, the daincha leaf webber,[1] is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae described by Francis Walker in 1862.

It is found in Taiwan, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, the Andamans, Borneo, New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.

An oblique reddish-brown line runs from apex of the forewing to the inner margin of hindwing before the middle.

There are few short distal hairs and series of transverse black dots from second to terminal somite.

[3] The larvae feed on Sesbania bispinosa, Cassia corymbosa, Notonia grandiflora, Cassia fistula, Albizia procera, Derris elliptica, Combretum indicmu, Bauhinia racemosa, Kleinia grandiflora and Quisqualis indica.