Eutrogia morosa

Eutrogia morosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Eutrogia
Species:	E. morosa
Binomial name
	Eutrogia morosa; (Moore, 1882)
Synonyms
	Egnasia morosa Moore, 1882; Egnasia castanea f. morosa; Egnasia inconspicua Wileman, 1915;

Eutrogia morosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1] It is found in Taiwan and Sikkim, India.

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are dark chocolate brown with a purplish tinge. The forewing with traces of subbasal and antemedial lines. The hindwings have a pale speck at the end of the cell and a sinuous medial line, with some dark specks with yellow scales round them towards the inner margin. There is a submarginal series of white specks.[2]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eutrogia morosa (Moore 1882)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eutrogia morosa (Moore 1882)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.