Avatha pulchrior

'
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Cocytiini
Genus: Avatha
Species: A. pulchrior
Binomial name
Avatha pulchrior
Holloway, 2005[1]

Avatha pulchrior is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found on Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, the Andamans, Sulawesi and in Singapore and Thailand. The habitat consists of lowland areas, including alluvial forests.

The wingspan is 22-23 mm. Adults are similar to Avatha pulcherrima, but the distal edge of the antemedial band is straighter and the gradation from pale to dark in the centre of the submarginal zone is more irregular.[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Avatha pulchrior
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avatha pulchrior.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/3/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.