Nisaga rufescens

Nisaga rufescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eupterotidae
Genus:	Nisaga
Species:	N. rufescens
Binomial name
	Nisaga rufescens; Hampson, 1895

Nisaga rufescens is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895.^[1] It is found in India.

The wingspan is about 50 mm. The wings are pale rufous with a silvery-grey tinge, the forewings with ill-defined antemedial, medial and oblique postmedial dark rufous lines. The hindwings have an indistinct broad postmedial dark rufous band composed of diffused lines.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nisaga rufescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 63 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.^{[failed verification]}

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nisaga rufescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 63 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.^{[failed verification]}

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