Feliniopsis indistans explained

Feliniopsis indistans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong, Japan[3] and Taiwan.[4]

Adult wingspan 34 mm. Palpi upturned. Head, thorax, abdomen, forewings all pale reddish brown. Indistinct, waved, double subbasal, antemedial and postmedial dark lines on forewing. There are 3-4 oval brown spots which gives dark appearance to half wing. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. A submarginal series of lunules. Hindwings pale fuscous.[5]

Larval host plants are Adhatoda and Dicliptera chinensis.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Details: Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852 . Catalogue of Life . 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak . Ahmet Ömer . Kemal . Muhabbet . 20 February 2012 . Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka . Cesa News . 79 . 1–57 . Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara . Academia.
  3. Web site: ミツボシヨトウ Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852) . Digital Moths of Japan. 28 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Savela . Markku . Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 9 October 2018.
  5. Web site: Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852 . India Biodiversity Portal. 28 March 2018.
  6. Larva and hostplant of Serrodes campana Guenee (Noctuidae) in Okinawa . Japan Heterocerists' Journal. 28 March 2018.

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