Avatha discolor

Avatha discolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Avatha
Species: A. discolor
Binomial name
Avatha discolor
(Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Noctua discolor Fabricius, 1794
  • Avatha includens Walker, 1857
  • Hypaetra trigonifera Walker, 1858
  • Hypaetra curvifera Walker, 1858
  • Hypaetra complacens Walker, 1858
  • Ophiusa frontalis Walker, 1858
  • Achaea expectans Walker, 1858
  • Avatha complacens (Walker, 1858)
  • Avatha curvifera (Walker, 1858)
  • Avatha frontalis (Walker, 1858)
  • Avatha trigonifera (Walker, 1858)
  • Avatha caunindana (Strand, 1920)

Avatha discolor [1] is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the Indo-Australian and Pacific tropics to as far east as Henderson Island.

Recorded food plants are Nephelium, Sapindus, Callicarpa and Callicarpa.

References

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0916846458, ISBN 978-0916846459.

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