Melaleucia uparta
Appearance
Melaleucia uparta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Melaleucia |
Species: | M. uparta
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Binomial name | |
Melaleucia uparta Fibiger, 2008
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Melaleucia uparta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. It is known from south-central Sri Lanka.
There are probably multiple generations per year, with adults recorded in February, March, June, July, August and September.
The wingspan is 13–15 mm.
References
[edit]- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.