Daona mansueta

Daona mansueta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Borneo, India, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Sumbawa, Seram, New Guinea and Australia.[3]

Daona mansueta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Daona
Species:
D. mansueta
Binomial name
Daona mansueta
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Bocana digramma Walker, [1866]
  • Bocana erubescens Walker, [1866]
  • Catada ? detersalis Walker, [1866]
  • Gauzania mundalis Walker, [1866]
  • Madope[sic] vulpina Lucas, 1898
  • Thermesia? scitula Walker, [1866] 1865
  • Ozarba alopecodes Meyrick, 1902

Description

Its ground colour is brownish. A oblique medial dark shade and dark marginal zone are found on the forewing. A faint reddish-brown fasciae is found on the hindwing. The discal mark consists of two black dots.[4]

References
  1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Daona Walker, 1864". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Daona mansueta Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. "Daona mansueta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


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