Biology:Acidon nigrobasis

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Short description: Species of moth

Acidon nigrobasis
Acidon nigrobasis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Acidon
Species:
A. nigrobasis
Binomial name
Acidon nigrobasis
(C. Swinhoe)
Synonyms
  • Catada nigrobasis Swinhoe
  • Catada nigribasis Hampson, 1895 [lapsus]
  • Acidon nigribasis (Hampson, 1895) [lapsus]

Acidon nigrobasis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] and Borneo.[3][4]

The adult wingspan is 21 – 23 mm. Its wings are greyish brown or dark brown with white scales. Ciliated antennae and eye rim grayish brown. Its short palpi and thorax are dark brown to chocolate brown in color. The black-brown root area is distinctive. The hindwing is gray brown.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q55642853 entry