Feliniopsis indistans
Appearance
Feliniopsis indistans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Feliniopsis |
Species: | F. indistans
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Binomial name | |
Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)
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Feliniopsis indistans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong, Japan[3] and Taiwan.[4]
Adult wingspan 34 mm. Palpi upturned. Head, thorax, abdomen, forewings all pale reddish brown. Indistinct, waved, double subbasal, antemedial and postmedial dark lines on forewing. There are 3-4 oval brown spots which gives dark appearance to half wing. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. A submarginal series of lunules. Hindwings pale fuscous.[5]
Larval host plants are Adhatoda and Dicliptera chinensis.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ "ミツボシヨトウ Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Larva and hostplant of Serrodes campana Guenee (Noctuidae) in Okinawa". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.