Aegocera venulia

Aegocera venulia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Aegocera
Species: A. venulia
Binomial name
Aegocera venulia
(Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena venulia Cramer, [1777]

Aegocera venulia is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Wingspan about 33mm. Fore wings of male without costal vesicles. Fore wings with longitudinal white streak entire, and with an indenture on its upper edge and a small black spots near its lower edge. A red marginal line present. Cilia of both wings white.[2]

References

  1. Aegocera at funet
  2. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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