Biology:Medius nepali
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Short description: Species of moth
| Medius nepali | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Medius |
| Species: | M. nepali
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| Binomial name | |
| Medius nepali Fibiger, 2011
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Medius nepali is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Nepal (it was described from north-western Pokhara).
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are long and narrow, with a rounded apex. The ground colour is beige suffused with brown scales in the subterminal and terminal areas. There are dark-brown patches at the base of the costa and at the upper quadrangular medial area. The hindwing ground colour is grey with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae". Zootaxa 2842: 1–188. https://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02842p188f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q6807186 entry
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