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Daona mansueta

species of moth

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ55609015 ↗
Source-derived summary

Daona mansueta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, Borneo, India, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Sumbawa, Seram, New Guinea and Australia.

Description

Its ground colour is brownish. An oblique medial dark shade and dark marginal zone are found on the forewing. A faint reddish-brown fasciae is found on the hindwing. The discal mark consists of two black dots.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Daona mansueta” as species of moth. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Daona, mansueta and species.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1864—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Daona, mansueta and species providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55609015. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1864.

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This entry incorporates text from “Daona mansueta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.