Saroba maculicosta

Saroba maculicosta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Sundaland, the Philippines, Papuan region to Solomon islands and Sri Lanka.[2]

Saroba maculicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Saroba
Species:
S. maculicosta
Binomial name
Saroba maculicosta
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Capnodes? maculicosta Walker, 1858
  • Thermesia finipalpis Walker, 1858
  • Remigia zeta Walker, 1864
  • Capnodes finipalpis trimaculata Warren, 1903
  • Paranympha assimilis Rothschild, [1915] 1916
  • Saroba finipalpis Walker; Holloway, 1976

Its wingspan is 4 cm. Forewings rich, dark, rusty brown with one small and two prominent white spots along each forewing costa.[3][4]

References
  1. "Species Details: Saroba finipalpis Walker, 1858". 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" maculicosta Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 April 2017). "Saroba maculicosta (Walker, 1858)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 October 2018.


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