Ariola coelisigna

Ariola coelisigna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ariola
Species:	A. coelisigna
Binomial name
	Ariola coelisigna; Walker, 1858

Ariola coelisigna is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Himalayas, Sri Lanka to southern China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and east to the Solomon Islands. In Australia it is found in the rainforests from Cape York to the Atherton Tableland in Queensland.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is 22 mm. The head and thorax are pale green. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings bright green, with a curved silvery-white fascia from the base to apex. Outer margin pinkish, with black marginal marks and line. Hindwings fuscous.[2]

Taxonomy

Ariola ransonneti Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 was placed as a synonym of coelisigna in Poole (1989), it is now treated as a valid species.[3]

References

"Ariola coelisigna Walker, 1858". Butterfly House. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
"Ariola coelisigna Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

External links

Australian Faunal Directory
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 April 2011). "Ariola coelisigna Walker, 1858". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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[1] "Ariola coelisigna Walker, 1858". Butterfly House. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] "Ariola coelisigna Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.