Nidara marcus

Nidara marcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Nidara
Species: N. marcus
Binomial name
Nidara marcus
Watson, 1965

Nidara marcus is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Watson in 1965.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2]

The length of the forewings is 14-15.5 mm. The ground colour of both wings is yellow, the forewings speckled with very dark greyish brown apically and sometimes diffusely marked antemedial fascia and postmedial fascia. There is a white spot inside the distal end of the cell, a second white spot close to the cell and a third white spot, as well as several very dark greyish brown striations between the costa and the cell. The hindwings are unmarked.[3]

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