Trisula variegata

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Trisula variegata
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T. variegata
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Trisula variegata
Moore, 1858
Synonyms
  • Thiacidas variegataMoore, 1858

Trisula variegata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Moore in 1858. [1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka, [2] Nepal, Thailand, South China, Indonesia and the Philippines. [3]

Its head is golden fulvous with black irrorations (speckles). Palpi upturned. Antennae ciliated in both sexes. Thorax brown, with fuscous irrorations. Forewing pale, and variegated with suffuse and fuscous. There are indistinct double waved subbasal and antemedial lines. Reniform indistinct. An oblique black band runs across the apical area. Marginal series of dark specks. Hindwings yellowish white, with a large black spot at and of cell. Abdomen pale. Underside whitish with cell spots in both wings.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Trisula variegata Moore, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. "Trisula variegata Moore, 1858". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.