Fustius Sensora
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''Fustius sensora'' 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 2010. It is endemic to northern
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. The
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is about 12 mm. The head, patagia, anterior part of tegulae, prothorax, basal part of the costa, triangular patch of the medial area and the terminal area, including the fringes are black. The forewing ground colour is beige suffused with light brown scales. The crosslines are untraceable, except for the weak antemedial line and terminal line marked by black interneural dots. The hindwing is beige, with a narrow brown terminal line. The fringes are white basally, otherwise beige. The underside of the forewing is grey brown, while the underside of the hindwing is grey.


References

* Micronoctuini Moths described in 2010 Taxa named by Michael Fibiger {{Micronoctuini-stub