Saroba ceylonica

Saroba ceylonica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in the Indian subregion, the Andaman Islands, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Sri Lanka.[2]

Saroba ceylonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Saroba
Species:
S. ceylonica
Binomial name
Saroba ceylonica
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Thermesia ceylonica Walker, 1865
  • Capnodes cascalis Swinhoe, 1891
  • Capnodes asulca Swinhoe, 1918

Its forewings are dark, dull brown. Reniform marks of punctate blackish fasciation found on the forewing.[3]

References
  1. "Species Details: Saroba ceylonica Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 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. ""Saroba" ceylonica Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.


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