Biology:Diarsia ochracea
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Diarsia |
| Species: | D. ochracea
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| Binomial name | |
| Diarsia ochracea (Walker, 1865)
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Diarsia ochracea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Sri Lanka. It is found where tea is cultivated.[1]
Description
Its wingspan is about 41 mm. It is an ochreous-greyish-brown or reddish-brown moth. Palpi dark at sides. Forewings with double subbasal and antemedial waved lines. The orbicular and reniform stigmata large in some specimen with a black spot between them and a triangular black spot before orbicular, the reniform often filled in chestnut colour. There is a diffused angled medial fuscous band. A double lunulate curved postmedial line present. A submarginal pale line and marginal crenulate dark line can be seen. Hindwings are fuscous brown or reddish brown.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Tea: Cultivation to Consumption. Springer. 1992. ISBN 9789401123266. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwTsCAAAQBAJ&q=Diarsia+ochracea&pg=PA388. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- ↑ "Diarsia borneochracea sp.n.". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/noctuinae/noctuinae_4_4.php. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q5271973 entry
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