title: Bamra albicola
text: # Bamra albicola
  
  Bamra albicola is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species is found in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, China, Taiwan, Japan and Sulawesi.
  
  ## Description
  
  The species shows sexual dimorphism. In the female, the forewings are irregularly fasciated pale grey in color which is almost white in the male, with a distinctive darker zone on the costa. Hindwings are also darker in the female than in male.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Two subspecies are recognized.
  
  * Bamra albicola albicola
  * Bamra albicola melli Draudt, 1950 - Taiwan
  