''Micraloa emittens'' 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'') ...

. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

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 ...

. In ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II'', the species described with ''

Micraloa lineola ''Micraloa lineola'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. In, ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II'', th ...

'', as follows:

References

* 2004: A new genus is established for ''Bombyx lineola'' Fabricius, 1793, with systematic notes on the genus ''Aloa'' Walker, 1855. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' 35 (3/4): 403-413. * , 1885: On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. ''Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1885: 287-307, pl. XX-XXI, London. * , 1855: ''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum'' 3: 583-775, Edward Newman: London. Moths described in 1855 Spilosomina Moths of Asia Moths of Sri Lanka {{Spilosomina-stub