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Risoba repugnans is a species of moth of the Nolidae family.
Distribution
It is found from India, Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands.[1]
Description
Wingspan of 40mm. Head brown. Thorax and abdomen brownish white. Fore wings brownish grey with a basal white patch slightly suffused with bright rufous. There are indistinct waved antemedial, postmedial, and sub-marginal lines. The orbicular is a speck, whereas reniform white with rufous center and edge. A large apical rufous patch with whitish lunule found on its inner side. Some rufous patches with white edges found on outer part of inner margin. A marginal series of dark specks present. Hind wings white with the fuscous outer are and ventrally with cell spot.[2]
Subspecies
- Risoba repugnans repugnans (Walker, 1856)
- Risoba repugnans albistriata (Pagenstecher, 1888) (Bismarck Archipelago)[3]
Biology
The larvae had been recorded on Melastoma sp..[4]
References
- ^ www.nkis.info
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Biodiversitylibrary.org: Pagenstecher, 1899. Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. Zoologica Hft. 27-29.1-267. 2 pl.
- ^ "Risoba repugnans Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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