Clethrorasa
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| Clethrorasa | |
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| File:Clethrorasa pilcheri.jpg | |
| Clethrorasa pilcheri from Borneo | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Clethrorasa Hampson, 1908 |
Clethrorasa is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae.
Species
[edit | edit source]- Clethrorasa micropuncta (Holloway, 1989) — from Borneo and Sumatra.
- Clethrorasa pilcheri (Hampson, 1896) — from North East Himalaya, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo.
Characteristics
[edit | edit source]All species of this small genus of oriental noctuid moths are characterized by striking pale cream forewings with a black discal mark and single or paired black marks round the margin. The thorax is similarly marked. The hindwings and abdomen are gray, marginally or apically colored cream of the forewings' ground.
References
[edit | edit source]- Clethrorasa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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