Risoba repugnans

Risoba repugnans
Risoba repugnans ssp. albistriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Risobinae
Genus: Risoba
Species: R. repugnans
Binomial name
Risoba repugnans
Synonyms
  • Thyatira repugnans
  • Risoba literata Moore, 1881
  • Heliothis albistriata Pagenstecher, 1888

Risoba repugnans is a species of moth of the Nolidae family.

Distribution

It is found from India, Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands.[1]

Description

Wingspan of 40mm. Head brown. Thorax and abdomen brownish white. Fore wings brownish grey with a basal white patch slightly suffused with bright rufous. There are indistinct waved antemedial, postmedial, and sub-marginal lines. The orbicular is a speck, whereas reniform white with rufous center and edge. A large apical rufous patch with whitish lunule found on its inner side. Some rufous patches with white edges found on outer part of inner margin. A marginal series of dark specks present. Hind wings white with the fuscous outer are and ventrally with cell spot.[2]

Subspecies

Biology

The larvae had been recorded on Melastoma sp..[4]

References

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