Bilinea bilineata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1907. It is known from south-central Sri Lanka.
| Bilinea bilineata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Bilinea |
| Species: | B. bilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bilinea bilineata (Hampson, 1907) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The species occurs in warm, moist forested mountains. Adults have been found in February, May, August, October and November, suggesting multiple generations per year.
The wingspan is 15–19 mm.
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.