Cingalesa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
Genus: | Cingalesa Hampson, 1884[1] |
Species: | C. strigicosta
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Binomial name | |
Cingalesa strigicosta Hampson, 1893
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Cingalesa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Cingalesa strigicosta, is found in Sri Lanka.[2] Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1894 and the species in 1893.[3]
Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head, the third joint minute. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with vein 6 absent, veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked veins 3, 4 and 6, 7.[4]