Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nolidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Risobinae | |
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Risoba repugnans is a species of moth of the Nolidae family.
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Distribution
It is found from India, Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands.
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.
Subspecies
Biology
The larvae had been recorded on Melastoma sp..
References
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