Monoprista
| Monoprista | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Monoprista Warren, 1923 |
| Species: | M. nudobia |
| Binomial name | |
| Monoprista nudobia (Swinhoe, 1894) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Monoprista nudobia is a moth in the Drepanidae family and only species in the Monoprista genus. It was described by Swinhoe in 1894. It is found in India.[1]
Adults are olive-brown with two black spots at the end of each cell. The forewings have two brown indistinct bands, one from the base subcostal, the other from the middle of the hindmargin to the apex. The hindwings have a central brown band, limited inwardly by a brown line, above which is a broad ochreous band.[2]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex - nudobia". nhm.ac.uk.
- ↑ "The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, 1894". forgottenbooks.com.
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