Naarda leptosigna

Naarda leptosigna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Naarda
Species:	N. leptosigna
Binomial name
	Naarda leptosigna; Tóth & Ronkay, 2015

Naarda leptosigna is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Balázs Tóth and László Aladár Ronkay in 2015. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Adult wingspan is 13–14 mm. Antennae filiform, ciliate and setose in both sexes. Labial palpi convex, dorsal edge rounded. Forewing dark grayish brown. Postmedial line dark and conspicuous. Bright ocherous reniform stigma is narrow and triangular. Hindwings grayish. Transverse line distinct. Male has huge lobe on the valva, which is the largest of the genus. Uncus medium long, broad and slightly curved. Saccus broad based. Juxta rhomboid. Valva narrow based, elongate. Non tapered aedeagus is stout and curved. In female genitalia, ovipositor lobes angular. Ductus bursae medium long. Corpus bursae smooth and ovoid.[2]

References

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.
"Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae).Part 5. Description of 13 new species from Asia". Zootaxa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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[1] 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.

[2] "Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Hypeninae).Part 5. Description of 13 new species from Asia". Zootaxa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.