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Feliniopsis indistans is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Hong Kong, Japan[3] and Taiwan.[4]

Feliniopsis indistans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Feliniopsis
Species:	F. indistans
Binomial name
Feliniopsis indistans (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Hadena indistans Guenée, 1852 Hadena subdistans Guenée, 1852

Adult wingspan 34 mm. Palpi upturned. Head, thorax, abdomen, forewings all pale reddish brown. Indistinct, waved, double subbasal, antemedial and postmedial dark lines on forewing. There are 3-4 oval brown spots which gives dark appearance to half wing. Orbicular and reniform indistinct. A submarginal series of lunules. Hindwings pale fuscous.[5]

Larval host plants are Adhatoda and Dicliptera chinensis.[6]

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