Rothia nigrescens

Rothia nigrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Rothia
Species: R. nigrescens
Binomial name
Rothia nigrescens
Rothschild, 1896
Synonyms
  • Rothia martha Oberthür, 1923

Rothia nigrescens is a moth of the Noctuidae family. This moth occurs in western Madagascar.[1]

This species usually has a wingspan of 27 mm, and the forewings are black, shaped, and they are marked similar as Rothia simyra with one or two creamy dots in the cells, while the hindwings are black and the fringe spotted with white. Palpi, head, thorax and upperside of abdomen are black, underside of body and legs are orange.[2]

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