Faeculoides Bifusa
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''Faeculoides bifusa'' 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
Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by Michael Fibiger in 2008. It is known from the mountains of central
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 ...
. Adults have been found from March to July, suggesting several generations per year. The
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is 11.5–13 mm. The forewing is long and broad and the reniform stigma is weakly marked. The basal and postmedial areas are brown and the medial and subterminal area (including fringes) are blackish. The crosslines are weakly marked and the terminal line is indicated by black interveinal spots. The hindwing has an indistinct discal spot.


References

* Micronoctuini Moths described in 2008 {{Micronoctuini-stub