Zagiridia noctualis
Zagiridia noctualis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found on Borneo and on Woodlark Island in Papua New Guinea.[1]
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are dull grey brown with a slight rufous tinge, the forewings with faint traces of an antemedial line, angled on the median nervure. Both wings have a black speck at each angle of the cell and there is a very indistinct pale postmedial line with a series of obscure dark specks on its inner edge, retracted at vein 2 to below the end of the cell. There is an obscure pale waved submarginal line with a series of dark specks inside it and slightly angled inward on vein 5. There is also a marginal series of black specks.[2]
References
- Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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