Niaccaba Explained

Niaccaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. Its single species, Niaccaba sumptualis, described by the same author one year earlier, is found in Sri Lanka,[1] the Ryukyu Islands and Borneo.[2] [3]

Description

Palpi sickle shaped and reaching above vertex of head, with minute third joint. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with acute apex. The outer margin excurved at vein 4, then very oblique to outer angle. Veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 6 from below angle of cell. Vein 7 arises from angle and veins 8 and 9 stalked from before angle. Vein 10 absent. Hindwings with excised outer margin between veins 6 and 4. Veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 5 arises from near middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle of cell.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: ソトキボシコヤガ Niaccaba sumptualis Walker, 1866 . Digital Moths of Japan . 28 June 2018.
  3. Web site: Family Erebidae (1856 species) . Moths of Borneo. 28 June 2018.
  4. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

    . George Hampson . 1895 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.