Rustica dulcis
Encyclopedia
Rustica dulcis is a moth
of the Micronoctuidae
family. It is known from the mountains of Sikkim
in northern India
.
The wingspan
is about 13 mm. The forewing is long, narrow, light brownish and the reniform stigma is weakly marked. The costal patch in the upper medial area is well marked and blackish. The subterminal line is marked and blackish. The terminal line on the hindwing is weakly defined.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Micronoctuidae
Micronoctuidae
The Micronoctuidae are a family of moths that includes about 400 described species. The family was first described in 2005.Micronoctua karsholti is the smallest of all species in the Noctuoidea superfamily.-Taxonomic History:...
family. It is known from the mountains of Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...
in northern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 13 mm. The forewing is long, narrow, light brownish and the reniform stigma is weakly marked. The costal patch in the upper medial area is well marked and blackish. The subterminal line is marked and blackish. The terminal line on the hindwing is weakly defined.