Artigisa nigrosignata

Artigisa nigrosignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Artigisa
Species:	A. nigrosignata
Binomial name
	Artigisa nigrosignata; Walker, 1864
Synonyms
	Homoptera catenata Moore, 1887; Panilla apicalis Butler, 1889;

Artigisa nigrosignata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] Borneo and India.

Its wings are straw colored with medium brown variegated stripes. There are fine wavy, black postmedials. There is an oblique, diffusely edged black bar at apex.[3]

References

"Species Details: Artigisa nigrosignata Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
"Artigisa nigrosignata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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[1] "Species Details: Artigisa nigrosignata Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 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. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[3] "Artigisa nigrosignata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.