Labanda saturalis

Labanda saturalis is a moth in the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka,[2] and from New Guinea[3] to the Solomon Islands.[4]

Labanda saturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Labanda
Species:
L. saturalis
Binomial name
Labanda saturalis
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Labanda saturalis Walker, 1865 [1866]
  • Bocana viridalis Moore, 1867

Description

The forewings have green and blackish variegation. A diffuse sub-dorsal white patch can be seen from the distal end to the postmedial. Transverse fasciae are pale green and irregular.[5]

References
  1. "Species Details: Labanda saturalis Walker, 1865". 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. "The Chloephorinae, Ariolicini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Labanda saturalis Walker, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. "Labanda saturalis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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