Polythlipta divaricata Moore, [1886] 1885

Polythlipta divaricata被歸屬於草螟科(Crambidae)斑野螟亞科(Spilomelinae)。本種的前翅為白色底，前緣與外緣為黃色邊，頂角處有一大塊黑色嵌黃褐色斑，有兩個白色鏤空，後緣近臀角處與翅基1/2皆有由黃褐色外包黑色邊的斑紋；後翅亦為白色底，外緣為黃色邊，頂角有一小塊黑褐色斑，中央有兩條黃褐色外包黑色邊的斑紋，各由前緣與後緣往中央沿伸且未相接，中室中央有兩個黑褐色斑。

A Brief Introduction:
Polythlipta is a crambid genus with huge size and two species distributed in Taiwan. One is Polythlipta divaricata which could be identified from the other one by separate white markings on apical region of forewing.