Biology:Eutrogia morosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Eutrogia morosa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eutrogia
Species:
E. morosa
Binomial name
Eutrogia morosa
(Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Egnasia morosa Moore, 1882
  • Egnasia castanea f. morosa
  • Egnasia inconspicua Wileman, 1915

Eutrogia morosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1] It is found in Taiwan and Sikkim, India.

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are dark chocolate brown with a purplish tinge. The forewing with traces of subbasal and antemedial lines. The hindwings have a pale speck at the end of the cell and a sinuous medial line, with some dark specks with yellow scales round them towards the inner margin. There is a submarginal series of white specks.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13520995 entry