Eutrogia morosa

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Eutrogia morosa
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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 morosaMoore, 1882
  • Egnasia castanea f. morosa
  • Egnasia inconspicuaWileman, 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]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eutrogia morosa (Moore 1882)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .