Bellulia bella
Encyclopedia
Bellulia bella is a moth
of the Micronoctuidae
family. It is known from Thailand
.
The wingspan
is about 13 mm. The forewing is relatively narrow and blackish brown, with a violet tint. The hindwing is greyish brown, with an indistinct discal spot. The underside is unicolorous grey, with a small discal spot on both wings.
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 Micronoctuidae
Micronoctuidae
The Micronoctuidae are a family of moths that includes about 400 described species. The family was first described in 2005.Micronoctua karsholti is the smallest of all species in the Noctuoidea superfamily.-Taxonomic History:...
family. It is known from Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to 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 about 13 mm. The forewing is relatively narrow and blackish brown, with a violet tint. The hindwing is greyish brown, with an indistinct discal spot. The underside is unicolorous grey, with a small discal spot on both wings.