Avatha complens

Avatha complens [2] is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the north-eastern Himalayas, the Andamans and Sundaland to the Solomon Islands. The habitat consists of dry, sandy heath forests and lower montane forests.

Avatha complens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Avatha
Species:
A. complens
Binomial name
Avatha complens
(Walker, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypaetra complens Walker, 1858
  • Cropia glaucofascia Walker, 1858
  • Cropia onerata Walker, [1863]
  • Hypaetra ruinosa Swinhoe, 1905
  • Avatha dohertyi (Holland, 1900)
  • Pterochaeta dohertyi Holland, 1900
  • Hypaetra stigmata Moore, 1877
  • Avatha tripunctata (Pagenstecher, 1888)
  • Athyma tripunctata Pagenstecher, 1888

Adults are highly variable, as well as sexually dimorphic. Both males and females have a distinctly oblique band between the antemedial and postmedial black zones. In males, this band is pale rufous brown, while it is grey in females.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Avatha complens (Walker 1858)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
  2. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Avatha complens Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved February 16, 2019.


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