Ctenosia inornata

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Ctenosia inornata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ctenosia
Species:
C. inornata
Binomial name
Ctenosia inornata
(Wileman, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Steneugoa inornataWileman & South, 1919

Ctenosia inornata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Alfred Ernest Wileman. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are white tinged with ochreous and flecked with light brown. The postmedial line is dusky and only distinct on the costa as a blackish-brown spot. The hindwings are whitish. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ctenosia inornata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (October 25, 2015). "Ctenosia inornata Wileman". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  3. The Entomologist PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .