Basalia nilgiroides

Basalia nilgiroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Basalia
Species: B. nilgiroides
Binomial name
Basalia nilgiroides
Fibiger, 2008

Basalia nilgiroides is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from the Nilgiri Hills in south-central India.

Adults have been recorded in April.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewing is long, pointed and brownish and grey. The crosslines are broad and black by the costa. The terminal line is marked by black interveinal dots. The hindwing is light greyish and the fringes are whitish. The underside is beige and hindwing whitish, with an indistinct discal spot.

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