Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Ariola coelisigna | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ariola Rank Species | |
Ariola coelisigna is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Himalayas, Sri Lanka to southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and east to the Solomon Islands. In Australia it is found in the rainforests from Cape York to the Atherton Tableland in Queensland.
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Description
Wingspan 22 mm. Head and thorax pale green. Abdomen fuscous. Fore wings bright green, with a curved silvery-white fascia from the base to apex. Outer margin pinkish, with black marginal marks and line. Hind wings fuscous.
Taxonomy
Ariola ransonneti Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 was placed as a synonym of coelisigna in Poole (1989), it is now treated as a valid species.
References
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