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Arrothia bicolor

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Agaristinae
Genus: Arrothia

Species: Arrothia bicolor Rothschild, 1896

Arrothia bicolor is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This moth is native to western Madagascar.[1]

The female of this species has a wingspan of 20 mm, the basal half of the forewings is buffish yellow shaded with black scales and the other half is black. The hindwings are similar but the yellow half is less shattered with black scales. Antennae, palpi, head are black.[2]
References

afromoths.net
Rothschild & Jordan, Novit. Zool. 3 (1): 46

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