Naarda ardeola

Naarda ardeola
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Naarda
Species:	N. ardeola
Binomial name
	Naarda ardeola; Tóth & Ronkay, 2014

Naarda ardeola is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Balázs Tóth and László Aladár Ronkay in 2014. It is found in the mountains of northern Thailand.

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The base of the male forewing has a scent organ built up of long, hairy scales. The characteristic wing pattern features of the species are: the forewing costa is minutely concave in males. The pattern is similar in both sexes. The ground colour is light brown and the subterminal line is slightly paler with some blackish dots at the inner side. The postmedial line is slightly darker than the ground colour. The hindwings are slightly paler than the forewings, with slightly more conspicuous fasciae.

Etymology

The species name refers to the heron-shaped male genitalia.[1]

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References

Tóth, B.; Ronkay, L. 2014: Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypeninae). Part 3. Description of three new species from Asia. Nota lepidopterologica, 37 (1): 9-18. doi:10.3897/nl.37.7957

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[1] Tóth, B.; Ronkay, L. 2014: Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypeninae). Part 3. Description of three new species from Asia. Nota lepidopterologica, 37 (1): 9-18. doi:10.3897/nl.37.7957