Philenora aroa
| Philenora aroa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Philenora |
| Species: | P. aroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Philenora aroa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Philenora aroa is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is 22–24 mm. Its forewings are greyish white, with a dark grey antemedial line and a small dark spot at the end of the cell.
That is followed by an irregular dark postmedial line, with a dark grey suffusion in front of the apex.
The hindwings are uniform greyish white, with a dark termen.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Philenora aroa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea
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