Lineopalpa horsfieldi

Lineopalpa horsfieldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lineopalpa
Species: L. horsfieldi
Binomial name
Lineopalpa horsfieldi
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Briarda varians Moore, 1867

Lineopalpa horsfieldi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Himalaya and Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Luzon, Sulawesi, Seram and New Guinea.

Adults are highly variable dark greenish brown with a typical gonopterine forewing shape and fasciation.[1]

Subspecies

  • Lineopalpa horsfieldi horsfieldi (New Guinea)
  • Lineopalpa horsfieldi chlora Prout, 1922 (Himalaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Luzon, Sulawesi, Seram)

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