Iambia thwaitesii

Iambia thwaitesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Amphipyrinae
Genus:	Iambia
Species:	I. thwaitesii
Binomial name
	Iambia thwaitesii; (Moore, 1885)
Synonyms
	Methorasa thwaitesii Moore, 1885; Iambia thuaitesi Hampson, 1908;

Iambia thwaitesii is a moth of the Noctuidae family.

Distribution

It is found in India,^[1] Sri Lanka, Kenya and Nigeria.^[2]

Description

Wingspan about 30mm. Body pale brown. Head and thorax marked with black. Palpi with very short third joint. Male lack tufts of hair on the claspers. Male without a cleft corneous ridge on vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Fore wings with pale brown, irrorated and blotched with black. The sub-basal line obscured by black blotches. Antemedial and postmedial double lines reduced to series of striae. Postmedial lines are suffused with diffused black inside it. Reniform is black and ill-defined. There is a broad sub-marginal waved black band form costa to vein 4. A marginal series of prominent black spots. Hind wing dark fuscous. Ventral side of hind wing with cell-spot and postmedial line. Some specimens have more variegated chestnut and dark brown fore wings. Orbicular and reniform fuscous. The apical part of the submarginal band forming a prominent black patch.^[3]

References

↑ Hewitson & Moore, 1886. New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr.W.S.Atkinson.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Iambia thwaitesii (Moore, [1884])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
↑ 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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[1] Hewitson & Moore, 1886. New Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the Collection of the late Mr.W.S.Atkinson.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Iambia thwaitesii (Moore, [1884])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 16, 2017.

[3] 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.