Adisura aerugo

Adisura aerugo, the verdant adisura, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. It is found in the Cape Province, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

Adisura aerugo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Adisura
Species:
A. aerugo
Binomial name
Adisura aerugo
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Thalpochares aerugo Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

Its forewings are green, and its hindwings are yellow brownish.[1]

References

  1. "Adisura aerugo (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)". African Moths. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  • Kopij, Grzegorz (2006). "Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 49B (1–2): 137–180.


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