Feliniopsis indistans

Feliniopsis indistans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong, Japan[3] and Taiwan.[4]

Feliniopsis indistans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Feliniopsis
Species:
F. indistans
Binomial name
Feliniopsis indistans
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Hadena indistans Guenée, 1852
  • Hadena subdistans Guenée, 1852

Adult wingspan 34 mm. Palpi upturned. Head, thorax, abdomen, forewings all pale reddish brown. Indistinct, waved, double subbasal, antemedial and postmedial dark lines on forewing. There are 3-4 oval brown spots which gives dark appearance to half wing. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. A submarginal series of lunules. Hindwings pale fuscous.[5]

Larval host plants are Adhatoda and Dicliptera chinensis.[6]

References
  1. "Species Details: Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "ミツボシヨトウ Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. "Feliniopsis indistans Guenée, 1852". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. "Larva and hostplant of Serrodes campana Guenee (Noctuidae) in Okinawa". Japan Heterocerists' Journal. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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