Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Drepanidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Nidara | |
Nidara marcus is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Watson in 1965. It is found in Madagascar.
The length of the forewings is 14-15.5 mm. The ground colour of both wings is yellow, the forewings speckled with very dark greyish brown apically and sometimes diffusely marked antemedial fascia and postmedial fascia. There is a white spot inside the distal end of the cell, a second white spot close to the cell and a third white spot, as well as several very dark greyish brown striations between the costa and the cell. The hindwings are unmarked.
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