Poeta quadrinotata

Poeta quadrinotata

"Poeta quadrinotata" is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Moth - Poeta quadrinotata  Malaysia,Moth,Penang,Poeta quadrinotata

Appearance

Its body is blackish brown with white fasciations. Fasciation is not punctate and consists of white edging on each side of fine, irregular, dark fasciae. The margin of the forewing has a central black spot.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusPoeta
SpeciesP. quadrinotata
Photographed in
Malaysia