Sclerogenia jessica (Butler, 1878)

Scientific name

Sclerogenia jessica (Butler, 1878)

Synonyms

Plusia serena Butler, 1879

Type-locality

Japan

Yokohama

Distribution

Himachal Pradesh

Diagnosis

S. Jessica differs from its closely related species Ctenoplusia limbirena by its dark silver coloured y-shaped gamma mark as well as C. limbirena with gamma mark divided in to two halves.

Description

Wingspan 20-25mm. Head and vertex suffused with brown-black scales. Forewing darker brown coloured with less shining. Basal and terminal area suffused with pinkish scales. Gamma mark Y-shaped brightly visible. Female genitalia, with shorter ductus bursae; corpus bursae longer with half part heavily sclerotised.

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