Nidara marcus

Nidara marcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Nidara
Species:	N. marcus
Binomial name
	Nidara marcus; Watson, 1965

Nidara marcus is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Watson in 1965.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2]

The length of the forewings is 14-15.5 mm. The ground colour of both wings is yellow, the forewings speckled with very dark greyish brown apically and sometimes diffusely marked antemedial fascia and postmedial fascia. There is a white spot inside the distal end of the cell, a second white spot close to the cell and a third white spot, as well as several very dark greyish brown striations between the costa and the cell. The hindwings are unmarked.[3]

References

Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
Afro Moths
A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)