Rhynchodina

Rhynchodina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Rhynchodina molybdota, is known from Myanmar, Borneo and Sumatra. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.^[1][2]

Rhynchodina
Male Rhynchodina molybdota in Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Rhynchodina Hampson, [1926]
Species:	R. molybdota
Binomial name
Rhynchodina molybdota Hampson, 1926
Synonyms
Calesiodes punctigera Roepke, 1941

It is uncommon in lowland and hill forests. The species is characterized by significant sexual dimorphism with males having a prominent, dorsally directed fringe along the forewing costa that continues from the midpoint of the costa into the wing in a crescent shaped fold.^[3]