Negeta contrariata

Negeta contrariata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Negeta
Species: N. contrariata
Binomial name
Negeta contrariata
Walker, 1862
Synonyms
  • Ariolica signata Walker, 1863
  • Negeta signata
  • Doranaga apicalis Moore, 1887
  • Ariolica leucospila Walker, 1865
  • Nertobriga reversa Walker, 1863
  • Nertobriga signata ab. costalis Strand, 1917
  • Nertobriga signata ab. discalis Strand, 1917
  • Nertobriga signata ab. subterminalis Strand, 1917
  • Nertobriga signata costalis Gaede, 1938
  • Nertobriga signata discalis Gaede, 1938
  • Nertobriga signata subterminalis Gaede, 1938

Negeta contrariata is a moth in the Nolidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics east to Australia (Queensland) and Bismarck Archipelago.[1]

Adults are brown with a large white spot near the apex of each forewing.

References

  1. ↑ The Moths of Borneo


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