Naarda ineffectalis

Naarda ineffectalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Naarda
Species: N. ineffectalis
Binomial name
Naarda ineffectalis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Hypena ineffectalis
  • Naarda bisignata
  • Hypena ochreistigma
  • Ptyophora ochreistigma

Naarda ineffectalis is a type of moth in the Noctuidae family.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Borneo and Sula.

Description

Wingspan is 16mm. Palpi short and porrect, where the second joint thickened by being clothed with very long on upperside so as almost to hide the third joint. Antennae of male with long cilia. Body fuscous black. Fore wings with traces of sinuous antemedial, medial, and postmedial dark lines. Fore wings with a costal fold and an erectile tuft of long hair at base. There is an ochreous spot in cell and band on discocellulars. Hind wings with traces of antemedial and postmedial lines.[2]

References

  1. Naarda ineffectalis (No common name)
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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