Pseudobscura

Pseudobscura karwaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypenodinae
Tribe: Micronoctuini
Subtribe: Tentaxina
Genus: Pseudobscura
Fibiger, 2011
Species: P. karwaria
Binomial name
Pseudobscura karwaria
Fibiger, 2011

Pseudobscura is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Pseudobscura karwaria, which is known only from southwestern India and was described from Kawar.

The wingspan is about 7.5 mm. The forewings are beige with a few brown areas near the termen and five black dots on the costa. The crosslines are invisible, except the terminal line, which is indicated by black intervenal dots. The fringes are grey. The hindwings are beige with a light brown terminal line. The fringes are grey. The underside is unicolourous brown and the hindwings are whitish beige without a discal spot.

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