Arrothia bicolor

Arrothia bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Arrothia
Species: A. bicolor
Binomial name
Arrothia bicolor
Rothschild, 1896
Synonyms
  • Arrothia melanobasis Jordan, 1926

Arrothia bicolor is a moth of the Noctuidae family. This moth is native to western Madagascar.[1]

The female of this species has a wingspan of 20 mm, the basal half of the forewings is buffish yellow shaded with black scales and the other half is black. The hindwings are similar but the yellow half is less shattered with black scales. Antennae, palpi, head are black.[2]

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