Rothia nigrescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1896. This moth occurs in western Madagascar.[1]

Rothia nigrescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Rothia
Species:
R. nigrescens
Binomial name
Rothia nigrescens
Synonyms
  • Rothia martha Oberthür, 1923

This species usually has a wingspan of 27 mm, and the forewings are black, shaped, and they are marked similar as Rothia simyra with one or two creamy dots in the cells, while the hindwings are black and the fringe spotted with white. Palpi, head, thorax and upperside of abdomen are black, underside of body and legs are orange.[2]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Rothia nigrescens Rothschild, 1896". Afromoths. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Rothschild & Jordan. Novitates Zoologicae. 3 (1): 45.