Biology:Basalia nilgiroides

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Short description: Species of moth

Basalia nilgiroides
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Basalia
Species:
B. nilgiroides
Binomial name
Basalia nilgiroides
Fibiger, 2008

Basalia nilgiroides is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. It is known from the Nilgiri Hills of south-central India.

Adults have been recorded in April.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewing is long, pointed and brownish and grey. The crosslines are broad and black by the costa. The terminal line is marked by black interveinal dots. The hindwing is light greyish and the fringes are whitish. The underside is beige and hindwing whitish, with an indistinct discal spot.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4866190 entry