Rothia nigrescens
Rothia nigrescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This moth occurs in western Madagascar.[1]
| Rothia nigrescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Rothia |
| Species: | R. nigrescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Rothia nigrescens Rothschild, 1896 | |
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This species usually has a wingspan of 27 mm, and the forewings are black, shaped, and they are marked similar as Rothia simyra with one or two creamy dots in the cells, while the hindwings are black and the fringe spotted with white. Palpi, head, thorax and upperside of abdomen are black, underside of body and legs are orange.[2]
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