Condica dolorosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Condica |
| Species: | C. dolorosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Condica dolorosa (Walker, 1865)
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Condica dolorosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics,[1] including Borneo, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Queensland in Australia.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are dark brown with a complex pale spot near the centre, and an irregular pale mark near the base of the inner margin of each forewing. The hindwings are brown, fading towards the base. Larva smooth, pale green with the anal somite conical. Dorsal and lateral series of purple-brown blotches speckled with white. There is a sublateral series of white dots present. Pupa is greenish with reddish somital bands.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Condica dolorosa Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Condica dolorosa Walker, 1865". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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