Aedia melas

Aedia melas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Aedia
Species:	A. melas
Binomial name
	Aedia melas; Bethune-Baker, 1906
Synonyms
	Catephia melas;

Aedia melas is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 37 mm. The forewings are dark reddish brown, with a waved antemedial line, beyond which the medial area is very dark. The postmedial line is almost crenulate, beyond this line the costal area is pale reddish brown. The apex is darkish brown and the subterminal line is pale red-brown and there is a whitish spot just above the tornus. The reniform spot is greyish. The hindwings are black with a white central patch.^[2]

References[]

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catephia melas (Bethune-Baker 1906)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
^ New Noctuidae from British New Guinea

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catephia melas (Bethune-Baker 1906)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.

[2] New Noctuidae from British New Guinea

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