Adisura Bella
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''Adisura bella'' is a species of moth of the family
Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
first described by Max Gaede in 1915. It is found in Africa, including South Africa, Somalia, Tanzania and Saudi Arabia This species has a wingspan of and resembles ''
Adisura atkinsoni ''Adisura atkinsoni'', the field-bean pod borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1881. It is found in Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Congo, Ke ...
'', from which it can be distinguished by the different distribution of the pink colour and the yellow-brownish edge of the hindwings, that is black at ''A. atkinsoni''.Gaede, M. (1915)
"Neue afrikanische Lepidoptera des Berlinger Zoologischen Museums"
''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift''. Guben. 9 (14): 71–74, 79–80.


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Heliothinae Moths described in 1915 Fauna of Somalia Insects of Tanzania Moths of Africa {{Heliothinae-stub