Biology:Feliniopsis indistans

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Short description: Species of moth

Feliniopsis indistans
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Feliniopsis
Species:
F. indistans
Binomial name
Feliniopsis indistans
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Hadena indistans Guenée, 1852
  • Hadena subdistans Guenée, 1852

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]

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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

Wikidata ☰ Q13510575 entry