Lophoruza mascarena

Lophoruza mascarena
Lophoruza mascarena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Lophoruza
Species: L. mascarena
Binomial name
Lophoruza mascarena
de Joannis, 1910[1]

Lophoruza mascarena is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion.

Its basic colour is dark brown with a transversal clear-brown/beige stripe. Its wingspan is: female 24 mm, male: 21 mm[2]

References

  1. www.afromoths.net
  2. de Joannis, J. 1910a. Trois nouvelles espèces d'Erastriinae (Lep., Noctuidae) provenant des Iles Mascareignes. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 1910 No. 10: p.203–204

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