Attatha ino

Attatha ino is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1782 from "Madras".

Attatha ino
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Attatha
Species:
A. ino
Binomial name
Attatha ino
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena ino Drury, 1782
  • Noctua notata Fabricius, 1794
  • Grammodes mundicolor Walker, 1865

Description

Upperside: Antennae brown and setaceous (bristly). Head cream coloured. Neck black. Thorax and abdomen cream coloured, the former having some black spots on it. Anterior wings cream coloured, with a large triangular black spot placed at the tips, another on the middle of the wings, extending across from the anterior edges almost to the lower corners. There are also two small ones next the shoulders. The external edges have a row of small black spots placed thereon. Posterior wings cream coloured, tinctured with red, with a faint black border, rising at the upper corners where it is broadest, and running half-way to the abdominal ones, gradually narrowing.

Underside: Palpi, breast, legs, sides and abdomen cream coloured. Wings reddish cream, without any marks; the black marks, etc. on the upperside being faintly perceived. Margins of the wings entire. Wing span ​1 1⁄4 inches (33 mm).[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Attatha ino". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 3. p. 40. pl. XXIX.


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