title: Phostria obscurata
text: # Phostria obscurata
  
  Phostria obscurata is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Myanmar.
  
  ## Description
  
  Adults are purplish brown. The forewings have an extremely indistinct blackish transverse outwardly curved narrow antemedial band, and an irregular postmedial band. There is a spot in the middle of the cell, and a streak at the end. The hindwings have a similar irregular discal band.
  
  