Blenina chlorophila

Blenina chlorophila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Blenina
Species:	B. chlorophila
Binomial name
	Blenina chlorophila; Hampson, 1905

Blenina chlorophila is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1905.^[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,^[2] Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.^[3]

Description

Its forewings have green and grayish variegations. The hindwings are dark blackish brown. There is a sinuous dark yellowish medial band in the hindwings. Its larval food plants are from the genus Shorea.^[4]

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References

^ "Species Details: Blenina chlorophila Hampson, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
^ "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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[1] "Species Details: Blenina chlorophila Hampson, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.

[3] "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". Digital Moths of Japan. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[4] "Blenina chlorophila Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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