Polacanthopoda tigrina

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Polacanthopoda tigrina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Polacanthopoda
Species:
P. tigrina
Binomial name
Polacanthopoda tigrina
(H. Druce, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Aegocera tigrina(H. Druce, 1882)
  • Hespagarista tigrinaDruce, 1882
  • Mitrophrys fabricataKarsch, 1895
  • Rothia contiguaHampson, 1901
  • Aegocera tigrina f. casteneimargoJordan, 1913
  • Aegocera tigrina f. nigrimargoJordan, 1913
  • Aegocera tigrina ab. albifasciaJordan, 1913
  • Aegocera tigrina ab. flavifasciaJordan, 1913
  • Polacanthopoda tigrina latimargoKiriakoff, 1975
  • Polacanthopoda tigrina orientalisKiriakoff, 1975

Polacanthopoda tigrina is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1882. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Uganda.

The forewings are black and the outer margin reddish brown. There are two yellowish white bands close to the base, a white streak at the end of the cell and beyond it a wide yellowish-white band broken into two small spots at the anal angle. Between these are some transverse blue streaks. The hindwings are bright orange, with the outer margins broadly black. The fringe is black and white. The underside of the forewings is black, the base yellow, the white streak at the end of the cell and the band beyond are the same as on the upperside. The outer margin is brown. The underside of the hindwings is the same as the upperside, but the black outer margin is enclosed in a series of white spots. [1]

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References

  1. Druce, Herbert (1882). "Descriptions of a new Genus and some new Species of Heterocera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 778. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .