Xanthodes intersepta

Xanthodes intersepta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^[1] It is found in India, Sri Lanka,^[2] Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, Indonesia and Java.^[3]

Xanthodes intersepta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Xanthodes
Species:	X. intersepta
Binomial name
Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852

Description

It is similar to its sympatric species Xanthodes transversa. But it differs from X. transversa in having the pure white palpi. The vertex of the head is whitish. Thorax and abdomen bright yellow. Legs reddish brown. Tibia covered with long hairs. Forewings bright yellow. Transverse black lines are reduced to a series of specks. Antemedial series curved. A large bright rufous triangular patch runs from just below the apex. Cilia rufous. Hindwings reddish-brown suffusion with rufous outer margin.^[4]

Its larval host plant is Abelmoschus esculentus.^[5]