Feliniopsis indistans

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Feliniopsis indistans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Feliniopsis
Species:
F. indistans
Binomial name
Feliniopsis indistans
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Hadena indistans Guenée, 1852
  • Hadena subdistans Guenée, 1852

Feliniopsis indistans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong, Japan[3] and Taiwan.[4]

Adult wingspan 34 mm. Palpi upturned. Head, thorax, abdomen, forewings all pale reddish brown. Indistinct, waved, double subbasal, antemedial and postmedial dark lines on forewing. There are 3-4 oval brown spots which gives dark appearance to half wing. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. A submarginal series of lunules. Hindwings pale fuscous.[5]

Larval host plants are Adhatoda and Dicliptera chinensis.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Species Details: Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852". 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 (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ^ "ミツボシヨトウ Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku. "Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Larva and hostplant of Serrodes campana Guenee (Noctuidae) in Okinawa". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.