Blenina chlorophila

Blenina chlorophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Blenina
Species:	B. chlorophila
Binomial name
	Blenina chlorophila; Hampson, 1905

Blenina chlorophila is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1905.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.[3]

Description

Its forewings have green and grayish variegations. The hindwings are dark blackish brown. There is a sinuous dark yellowish medial band in the hindwings. Its larval food plants are from the genus Shorea.[4]

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References

"Species Details: Blenina chlorophila Hampson, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
"Blenina chlorophila Hampson". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
"Blenina chlorophila Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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[1] "Species Details: Blenina chlorophila Hampson, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.

[3] "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[4] "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.