Trisula variegata

Trisula variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Trisula
Species: T. variegata
Binomial name
Trisula variegata
Moore, 1858
Synonyms
  • Thiacidas variegata Moore, 1858

Trisula variegata is a moth of the Noctuidae family.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Nepal, Thailand, South China, Indonesia and Philippines.[3]

Head golden fulvous with black irrorations. Palpi upturned. Antennae ciliated in both sexes. Thorax brown, with fuscous irrorations. Forewing pale, and variegated with suffuse and fuscous. There are indistinct double waved subbasal and antemedial lines. Reniform indistinct. An oblique black band runs across apical area. Marginal series of dark specks. Hindwings yellowish white, with a large black spot at and of cell. Abdomen pale. Underside whitish with cell spots in both wings.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Trisula variegata Moore, 1858". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Academia. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Trisula variegata Moore, 1858". jpmoth. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Recharacterization of genus Trisula moore" (PDF). Cibtech Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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