Grotella dis

Grotella dis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Grotella
Species:
G. dis
Binomial name
Grotella dis
Grote, 1883

Grotella dis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. This moth species is found in North America, from the Argus Mountains in Kansas to northern Mexico.[1]

Description

Head and thorax white; antennae ochreous; pectus, legs, and abdomen tinged with brown. Forewing pure white, the costal edge black towards base. Hindwing white suffused with fuscous: the cilia pure white. Underside of forewing suffused with fuscous; hindwing white, with curved postmedial line, the costal and terminal areas suffused with fuscous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Poole, Robert W. (March 30, 1995). The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Charles L. Hogue (illustrator), Brit Griswold (illustrator), Chip Clark (photographer), Patricia Gentili (photographer). Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 249. ISBN 0-933003-07-2.
  2. ↑ Hampson, George Francis (1903). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Vol. 4. London. OCLC 1110975.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)