Saroba maculicosta

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Saroba maculicosta
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S. maculicosta
Binomial name
Saroba maculicosta
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Capnodes? maculicostaWalker, 1858
  • Thermesia finipalpisWalker, 1858
  • Remigia zetaWalker, 1864
  • Capnodes finipalpis trimaculataWarren, 1903
  • Paranympha assimilisRothschild, [1915] 1916
  • Saroba finipalpisWalker; Holloway, 1976

Saroba maculicosta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. [1] It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Papuan region to Solomon Islands and Sri Lanka. [2]

Its wingspan is 4 cm. Forewings rich, dark, rusty brown with one small and two prominent white spots along each forewing costa. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Saroba finipalpis Walker, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 via Academia.
  3. ""Saroba" maculicosta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 April 2017). "Saroba maculicosta (Walker, 1858)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 October 2018.