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Saroba is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head and tapering to extremity. Third joint long. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia moderately hairy. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Hindwings with usually truncate anal angle. Vein 5 from below middle of discocellular.

Species

• Saroba ceylonica Walker, 1865
• Saroba maculicosta Walker, 1858
• Saroba niphomacula Lower, 1903
• Saroba pustulifera Walker, 1865
• Saroba rufescens Pagenstecher, 1884
• Saroba trimaculata Warren, 1903

References

1. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Savela, Markku. "Saroba Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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