Dordura

Dordura is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Frederic Moore in 1882. Its only species, Dordura aliena,^[1] was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and New Guinea.^[2]

Dordura
Dordura aliena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Dordura Moore, 1882
Species:	D. aliena
Binomial name
Dordura aliena Walker, 1865
Synonyms
Avatha modesta (Roepke, 1956) Hypaetra modesta Roepke, 1956 Hypaetra aliena Walker, 1865 Dordura apicalis Moore, 1882 Dysgonia tincta Hampson, 1893

Description

Its wingspan is about 40 mm. Antennae of male with long branches on the outer sides, very short branches and long stiff bristles on the inner side. A tuft of hair found on upperside of shaft near base. Body reddish brown. Head and collar whitish. Palpi fuscous at sides. Thorax purplish fuscous and abdomen fuscous. Forewings are purplish fuscous, with very indistinct waved subbasal and antemedial lines. A dark spot can be seen in cell. A postmedial line angled outwards below costa, irregularly excurved beyond cell, then bent inwards to below the narrow reniform spot. Reniform straight and double to inner margin. There are some white specks on costa and a sub-triangular chocolate mark with pale edges on costa before apex. Postmedial line arising near apex, and is slightly dentate and very obliquely curved to vein 2, then straight to inner margin. Hindwings with apical area fuscous. Medial and postmedial ill-defined, waved, dark lines and submarginal series of black specks. Female with less distinct forewing markings and triangular patch almost obsolete.^[3][4]

References

1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9
2. "Dordura aliena Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (7 April 2015). "Dordura aliena Walker, 1865)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Dordura Moore, 1882". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• "Dordura Moore". The Moths of Brneo. Retrieved 14 January 2019.