Anoratha (moth)
| Anoratha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypeninae |
| Genus: | Anoratha Moore, 1867 |
Anoratha is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
Description
Palpi porrect, with extremely long second joint with a downward curve, its upperside fringed with scales. Third joint long and depressed. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen very long in male. Fore wings with costa arched towards apex, which is produced and acute, more so in the male than the female. The outer margin excurved at middle, especially in male. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 on a short stalk. vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. The outer margin excised towards anal angle in male.[1]
Species
- Anoratha albitibita Wileman & West, 1930
- Anoratha costalis Moore, 1867
- Anoratha nabalua Holloway, 1976
- Anoratha paritalis (Walker, 1859)
- Anoratha sinuosa Wileman & South, 1916
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Revision of the genus Anoratha MOORE, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)
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