Surattha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was synonymized with Prionapteryx by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1967. Its status was later revised by Graziano Bassi and Wolfram Mey in 2011.
Description Its palpi are porrect (extending forward) and thickly scaled, extending about one and half times length of head. Maxillary palp triangularly scaled. Frons with a conical process. Antennae of male bipectinated, usually with long branches. Tibia with long spurs, where the outer spurs about two-thirds the length of the inner. Forewings long and narrow, with rounded apex. Vein 3 from near angle of cell and veins 4 and 5 usually on a long stalk. Veins 6, 7, 10 and 11 free. Hindwings with vein 3 from near angle of cell and vein 5 absent. Vein 6 obsolescent from above middle of discocellulars and vein 7 anastomosing (fusing) with vein 8.
Species Surattha africalis (Hampson, 1919) Surattha albipunctella Marion, 1957 Surattha albistigma Wileman & South, 1918 Surattha albostigmata Rothschild, 1921 Surattha amselella Błeszyński, 1965 Surattha carmensita (Błeszyński, 1970) Surattha diffusilinea Hampson, 1919 Surattha fuscilella Swinhoe, 1895 Surattha invectalis Walker, 1863 Surattha luteola Bassi & Mey in Mey, 2011 Surattha margherita Błeszyński, 1965 Surattha nigrifascialis (Walker, 1866) Surattha obeliscota Meyrick, 1936 Surattha rufistrigalis Fawcett, 1918 Surattha soudanensis Hampson, 1919 Surattha strioliger Rothschild, 1913
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