Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval, 1833

Identification Marks: Eyes naked; Palpi are upturned; antennae almost simple. Head and thorax is grey brown with rusty tinge; abdomen is fuscous. Fore wings are dark grey brown with a rusty tinge; the subbasal, antemedial and postmedial double waved lines indistinct; the orbicular small and ochreous; the reniform blackish; the submarginal line whitish and irregularly waved; a whitish patch is often present between the orbicular and reniform and a dark patch on the central marginal area. Hind wings are opalescent and semi hyaline white with a dark marginal line. (W.S. ♂ 38 mm, ♀ 40 mm).