Acidon nigrobasis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Acidon |
| Species: | A. nigrobasis
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Acidon nigrobasis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] and Borneo.[3][4]
The adult wingspan is 21 – 23 mm. Its wings are greyish brown or dark brown with white scales. Ciliated antennae and eye rim grayish brown. Its short palpi and thorax are dark brown to chocolate brown in color. The black-brown root area is distinctive. The hindwing is gray brown.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lödl, M. (1999). "Additions to the revision of the genus Acidon Hampson, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 2: 135–136 – via Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Catada nigribasis Hampson, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Acidon nigrobasis (Swinhoe, 1895)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Revision der Gattungen Acidon Hampson, 1896 und Hiaspis Walker, [1866] 1865 subfam.comb.il. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)" (PDF). Zobodat. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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