Paradiopa postfusca

Paradiopa postfusca is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India.

Paradiopa postfusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Paradiopa
Species:
P. postfusca
Binomial name
Paradiopa postfusca
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Episilia postfusca Hampson, 1893

Its forewings are rich brown with lesser white fasciation. Hindwing without a subbasal pale grey patch.[3]

References
  1. "Species Details: Paradiopa postfusca Hampson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 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. "Paradiopa parthenia Prout". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.


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