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Arrothia bicolor

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Arrothia bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Arrothia
Species:
A. bicolor
Binomial name
Arrothia bicolor
Synonyms
  • Arrothia melanobasis Jordan, 1926

Arrothia bicolor is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This moth is native to western Madagascar.[1]

The female of this species has a wingspan of 20 mm, the basal half of the forewings is buffish yellow shaded with black scales and the other half is black. The hindwings are similar but the yellow half is less shattered with black scales. Antennae, palpi, head are black.[2]

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