Nagia linteola
species of insect
Nagia linteola is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. This species occurs in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, the Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Indonesia (Borneo), India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria.
Description
The wingspan is about 56–66 mm. Antennae of male almost simple. Forelegs in male with thick tufts of scales from coxa and very long hairs from femur and tibia. Head and thorax black and dark red-brown with a purplish gloss. Abdomen blackish. Forewings red-brown with more or less black. A short sub-basal line can be seen. waved antemedial, medial, and post-medial line present, where the postmedial highly angled outwards beyond end of cell.
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