''Mythimna irrorata'' 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 ...

first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1881. It is found in the north-western parts of the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

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 ...

Description

Its wingspan is about 30 mm. Forewings with a broad dark fascia from base to outer margin, or the whole wing except costal area dark. Body ochreous white. Collar fringed with fuscous color. Two black spots found at middle of cell and one at lower angle. There is a double postmedial and single marginal series of dark specks present. Veins of outer area are slightly paler. Hindwings are white, with marginal speck series. Some specimens have a black streak below base of outer median nervure and fuscous subapical triangular patch on outer margin. Cilia fuscous.

References

Mythimna (moth) Moths of Asia Moths described in 1881 {{Mythimnini-stub