Eutrogia morosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Eutrogia
Species:
E. morosa
Binomial name
Eutrogia morosa
(Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Egnasia morosa Moore, 1882
  • Egnasia castanea f. morosa
  • Egnasia inconspicua Wileman, 1915

Eutrogia morosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1] It is found in Taiwan and Sikkim, India.

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are dark chocolate brown with a purplish tinge. The forewing with traces of subbasal and antemedial lines. The hindwings have a pale speck at the end of the cell and a sinuous medial line, with some dark specks with yellow scales round them towards the inner margin. There is a submarginal series of white specks.[2]

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  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eutrogia morosa (Moore 1882)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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