Saroba pustulifera

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Saroba pustulifera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Saroba
Species:
S. pustulifera
Binomial name
Saroba pustulifera
Walker, 1865

Saroba pustulifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. [1] [2] It is found in the Indian subregion, Hong Kong, Thailand, Sundaland, Sulawesi and Sri Lanka. [3]

Its forewings are distinctive with extensive whitish blotches basally and postmedially on the forewing. [4]

References

  1. "Species Details: Saroba pustulifera Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Saroba Walker, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. "Saroba pustulifera Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.