Attatha ino

Attatha ino
Illustration by Dru Drury
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Attatha
Species: A. ino
Binomial name
Attatha ino
(Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena ino Drury, 1782
  • Noctua notata Fabricius, 1794
  • Grammodes mundicolor Walker, 1865

Attatha ino is a species of moths of the Noctuidae family.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1782 from "Madras".

Description

Upper Side. Antennae brown and setaceous. Head cream-coloured. Neck black. Thorax and abdomen cream-coloured, the former having some black spots on it. Anterior wings cream-coloured, with a large triangular black spot placed at the tips, another on the middle of the wings, extending across from the anterior edges almost to the lower corners. There are also two small ones next the shoulders. The external edges have a row of small black spots placed thereon. Posterior wings cream-coloured, tinctured with red, with a faint black border, rising at the upper corners where it is broadest, and running half-way to the abdominal ones, gradually narrowing.

Under Side. Palpi, breast, legs, sides and abdomen cream-coloured. Wings reddish cream, without any marks; the black marks, &c. on the upper side being faintly perceived. Margins of the wings entire. Wing-span 1¼ inches (33 mm).[2]

References

  1. J. Ollerenshaw (2011). "ino Drury, 1782". LepIndex. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology 3. p. 40. pl. XXIX.