''Nigilgia anactis'' 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 ...

in the family

Brachodidae Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999). The relationships and status of the presently included genera are not w ...

. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. 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 ...

Description

The wingspan of the adult is 12 mm. Both sexes are alike. Head deep dull gray. Antenna black. Thorax deep dull gray. Abdomen dull gray with a silvery gloss. Venter whitish. Forewings oblong suboval. Apex and termen round. Forewings are blackish with white scales. Broad velvety-black transverse bands present along both sides. A submarginal golden scaly thick streak present. A golden dot visible above end of fold. Cilia purple. Hindwings dark purple. Cilia fuscous with dark gray around the apex.

References

* Brachodidae Moths described in 1982 {{Brachodidae-stub