Chamaita
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Chamaita Walker, 1862[1] |
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Chamaita is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family. Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, and Borneo.
Description
Palpi slight and porrect. Antennae very long with thickened basal joint. Tibia with short spurs. Fore wings with hairy and highly arched costa. In fore wings, vein 3 from before angle of cell, vein 5 from near center of discocellulars and vein 6 from below upper angle. Veins 7 and 8 stalked, vein 9 absent and vein 11 not anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with vein 3 before angle of cell, vein 5 from above angle, veins 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from middle of cell.[2]
Species
- Chamaita barnardi
- Chamaita celebensis
- Chamaita edelburga Schaus, 1924
- Chamaita fasciata
- Chamaita fascioterminata
- Chamaita fissa Černý, 2009
- Chamaita hirta
- Chamaita metamelaena
- Chamaita neuropteroides
- Chamaita niveata
- Chamaita nubifera
- Chamaita nudarioides
- Chamaita nympha
- Chamaita psocidula
- Chamaita ranruna
- Chamaita semifasciata
- Chamaita sundanympha
- Chamaita trichopteroides
References
- ↑ Chamaita at funet
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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