Anoratha paritalis
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Anoratha paritalis is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in Sri Lanka
.
The wingspan
is 40-50 mm. The wings are narrow and the ground colour is fuscous and reddish yellow or beige. Males have an ivory coloured costal stripe, the females often have a dark brown coloured costa. The forewings are spotted with dark brown.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 40-50 mm. The wings are narrow and the ground colour is fuscous and reddish yellow or beige. Males have an ivory coloured costal stripe, the females often have a dark brown coloured costa. The forewings are spotted with dark brown.