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Carmara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Carmara Walker,
Species:	C. subcervina
Binomial name
Carmara subcervina (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Generic Gyrognatha Hampson, 1893 Zagira Walker, 1866 Specific Zagira acidaliaria Walker, 1866 Gyrognatha atriceps Hampson, 1893

Carmara is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Carmara subcervina, is found in Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan, Borneo and Australia. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1864.

Its forewings are brownish with a pale broken zigzag submarginal line. There is a pale mark on the hindmargin of hindwings.

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives Carmara as a synonym of Nechesia Walker, 1862.Savela, Markku, ed. (August 30, 2019). "Nechesia Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 22, 2020.

References

1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
2. "Species Details: Carmara subcervina Walker, 1864". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (10 April 2015). "Carmara subcervina (Walker, 1863)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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