Egnasia Ocellata
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''Egnasia ocellata'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
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 ...
. It is found in
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Wingspan is 22mm. Body is dull red-brown color. Fore wing with traces of five waved lines angled below the costa. Reniform greyish with a dark center. Hind wing with traces of a dark antemedial band, on which is a black-centered grey spot on the discocellulars. Both wings are with lunulate marginal line. Underside of wings slightly suffused with grey.


References

Moths of Asia Moths described in 1885 {{Calpinae-stub