Attatha ino
| Attatha ino | |
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| Illustration by Dru Drury | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Attatha |
| Species: | A. ino |
| Binomial name | |
| Attatha ino (Drury, 1782) | |
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Attatha ino is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1782 from "Madras".
Description
Upper Side. Antennae brown and setaceous. Head cream-coloured. Neck black. Thorax and abdomen cream-coloured, the former having some black spots on it. Anterior wings cream-coloured, with a large triangular black spot placed at the tips, another on the middle of the wings, extending across from the anterior edges almost to the lower corners. There are also two small ones next the shoulders. The external edges have a row of small black spots placed thereon. Posterior wings cream-coloured, tinctured with red, with a faint black border, rising at the upper corners where it is broadest, and running half-way to the abdominal ones, gradually narrowing.
Under Side. Palpi, breast, legs, sides and abdomen cream-coloured. Wings reddish cream, without any marks; the black marks, &c. on the upper side being faintly perceived. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 1¼ inches (33 mm).[2]
References
- ↑ J. Ollerenshaw (2011). "ino Drury, 1782". LepIndex. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 3. p. 40. pl. XXIX.