Nannoarctia tripartita

Nannoarctia tripartita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Nannoarctia
Species: N. tripartita
Binomial name
Nannoarctia tripartita
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Aloa tripartita Walker, 1855
  • Pericallia tripartita

Nannoarctia tripartita is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Burma, Thailand, Laos and China (Yunnan).[1]

Description

The length of the Nannoarctia tripartita forewings is 15–18 mm for females and 14–17 mm for males.

The forewings of the females are dark brown, with a transverse (slightly oblique) band and several spots. The hindwings are yellow, with a large dark discal spot and three other spots.

The forewings of the males are brown, with a transverse oblique postdiscal band and several spots. The hindwings are yellow, with a brown costal margin, a confluent discal spot, a wide stroke at the apex, and an angulated spot at the tornus.

References

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