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Saroba maculicosta

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Saroba maculicosta
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S. maculicosta
Binomial name
Saroba maculicosta
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Capnodes? maculicosta Walker, 1858
  • Thermesia finipalpis Walker, 1858
  • Remigia zeta Walker, 1864
  • Capnodes finipalpis trimaculata Warren, 1903
  • Paranympha assimilis Rothschild, [1915] 1916
  • Saroba finipalpis Walker; Holloway, 1976

Saroba maculicosta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Papuan region to Solomon islands and Sri Lanka.[2]

Its wingspan is 4 cm. Forewings rich, dark, rusty brown with one small and two prominent white spots along each forewing costa.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Species Details: Saroba finipalpis Walker, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ ""Saroba" maculicosta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (7 April 2017). "Saroba maculicosta (Walker, 1858)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 October 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)