Cophanta funestalis

Cophanta funestalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] Thailand, Borneo, New Guinea and Australia.[3]

Cophanta funestalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Cophanta
Species:
C. funestalis
Binomial name
Cophanta funestalis
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Erastria anthracina Snellen, 1880
  • Tarache optiva Swinhoe, 1890

Forewings brownish with variable pale spots and dark bands. Hindwings whitish without markings.[4]

References
  1. "Species Details: Cophanta funestalis 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 – via Academia.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Cophanta funestalis Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (19 July 2012). "Cophanta funestalis Walker, 1864". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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