Naarda pocstamasi

Naarda pocstamasi
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Naarda
Species: N. pocstamasi
Binomial name
Naarda pocstamasi
Tóth & Ronkay, 2014

Naarda pocstamasi is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The characteristic wing pattern features of the species are: the ground colour is light brownish grey with a prominent terminal line, fragmented to blackish dots. There are indistinct subterminal, postmedial and antemedial lines. The colouration and pattern of the hindwings is like that of the forewings.

Etymology

The species is named for Hungarian botanist Tamás Pócs, who collected the species.[1]

References

  1. Tóth, B.; Ronkay, L. 2014: Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypeninae). Part 3. Description of three new species from Asia. Nota lepidopterologica, 37(1): 9-18. doi:10.3897/nl.37.7957
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