Diarsia ochracea

Diarsia ochracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Diarsia
Species:	D. ochracea
Binomial name
	Diarsia ochracea; (Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
	Oxiara ochracea Walker, 1865; Oxira ochracea Walker 1865;

Diarsia ochracea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Sri Lanka. It is found where tea is cultivated.^[1]

Description

Its wingspan is about 41 mm. It is an ochreous-greyish-brown or reddish-brown moth. Palpi dark at sides. Forewings with double subbasal and antemedial waved lines. The orbicular and reniform stigmata large in some specimen with a black spot between them and a triangular black spot before orbicular, the reniform often filled in chestnut colour. There is a diffused angled medial fuscous band. A double lunulate curved postmedial line present. A submarginal pale line and marginal crenulate dark line can be seen. Hindwings are fuscous brown or reddish brown.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Tea: Cultivation to Consumption. Springer. 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2016 – via Google Books.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ "Diarsia borneochracea sp.n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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[1] Tea: Cultivation to Consumption. Springer. 1992. Retrieved 2 August 2016 – via Google Books.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] "Diarsia borneochracea sp.n." The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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