Katha prabana

Katha prabana is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1859. It is found on the Sula Islands, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, the Moluccas and in Myanmar.[1] The habitat consists of lowland areas.

Katha prabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Katha
Species:	K. prabana
Binomial name
Katha prabana (Moore, 1859)
Synonyms
Lithosia prabana Moore, 1859 Lithosia nigricans Walker, 1862 Lithosia lurida Snellen, 1880 Tmetoptera costosa Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Eilema prabana celebesa Tams, 1935 Eilema celebesa Tams, 1935 Dubatolova prabana (Moore, 1859)

Adults are mostly dark blackish grey, with a narrow pale yellow forewing costa.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Dubatolova prabana (Moore, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. ""Eilema" prabana Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 9, 2019.