Protodeltote wiscotti

Protodeltote wiscotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Protodeltote
Species:	P. wiscotti
Binomial name
	Protodeltote wiscotti; (Staudinger, 1888)
Synonyms
	Erastria wiscotti Staudinger, 1888; Lithacodia wiscotti; Eustrotia viskotti; Micardia jezoensis Sugi, 1959;

Protodeltote wiscotti is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Otto Staudinger in 1888. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan.

The length of the forewings is 10–12.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous tinged with ochreous on the costa, suffused with white below the costa and postmedial area, and sprinkled with rufous on the median portion. The hindwings are white and sprinkled with pale brown.[1]

References

Ueda, Kyoichiro (March 20, 1987). "A revision of the genus Deltote R. L. and its allied genera from Japan and Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Acontiinae): Part 2. Systematics of the genus Deltote R. L. and its allied genera" (PDF). Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 6: 1–117.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Ueda, Kyoichiro (March 20, 1987). "A revision of the genus Deltote R. L. and its allied genera from Japan and Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Acontiinae): Part 2. Systematics of the genus Deltote R. L. and its allied genera" (PDF). Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 6: 1–117.