Chasmina tibialis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Africa, Asia and from Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji to central Polynesia.

Chasmina tibialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Chasmina
Species:
C. tibialis
Binomial name
Chasmina tibialis
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx tibialis Fabricius, 1775
  • Leocyma dianae Guenée, 1852
  • Chasmina cygnus Walker, 1856
  • Chasmina glabra Walker, 1865
  • Leocyma vestae var. celebensis Snellen, 1880

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

The larvae have been recorded on Malvaceae species, including Commersonia bartramia, Grewia and Hibiscus species.

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