Zonoplusia ochreata (Walker, 1865)

Scientific name

 Zonoplusia ochreata (Walker, 1865)

Synonyms

Plusia ochreata Walker, 1865;  Plusia cornucopiae Snellen, 1880

Type-locality

Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

 Distribution

Meghalaya, Palampur

Diagnosis

Wingspan 20-24mm. Head and vertex covered with orange-bronze tufts. Thorax with brown scaled tuft present. Forewing brown coloured suffused with reddish bronze. Termen area suffused with dark reddish-brown scales. Gamma mark outlined by silver colour. In male genitalia, valve smaller and broader; clavus and harpe smaller; uncus longer and stronger. Vesica shorter.

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