Dictyestra is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Shigero Sugi in 1982. It contains only one species, Dictyestra dissectus, the angle network armyworm, first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from India to Indochina, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Sundaland and the Philippines and from Sulawesi to the Moluccas and New Guinea.[1][2][3]
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| Genus: | Dictyestra Sugi, 1982
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| Species: | D. dissectus
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| Dictyestra dissectus (Walker, 1865)
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Description
editIts wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings are long and narrow. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Head and thorax dark brown. Abdomen fuscous with pale extremity. Forewings are dark brown with ochreous veins. Sub-basal, antemedial and postmedial double lines are ochreous, where the second curved and last angled beyond the cell and met by a streak from apex. There is an ochreous doubly-curved submarginal line present. Hindwings are fuscous brown.[4]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dictyestra Sugi, 1982". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "キミャクヨトウ Dictyestra dissecta (Walker, 1865)". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Dictyestra dissecta (Walker, 1865) 角網夜蛾". 臺灣蛾訊 Moths of Taiwan. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
External links
edit- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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