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Trisula variegata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1858.[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[2] Nepal, Thailand, South China, Indonesia and the Philippines.[3]

Trisula variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Trisula
Species:	T. variegata
Binomial name
Trisula variegata Moore, 1858
Synonyms
Thiacidas variegata Moore, 1858

Its head is golden fulvous with black sprinkles. Palpi upturned. Antennae ciliated (hairy) in both sexes. Thorax brown, with fuscous sprinkles. Forewing pale, and variegated with suffuse and fuscous. There are indistinct double waved subbasal and antemedial lines. Reniform spot indistinct. An oblique black band runs across the apical area. Marginal series of dark specks. Hindwings are yellowish white, with a large black spot at and of cell. Abdomen pale. Underside whitish with cell spots in both wings.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Proceedings of the First South East Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium, Hong Kong 2006

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