Miltochrista

Miltochrista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Subtribe: Nudariina
Genus: Miltochrista
Hubner, 1819
Synonyms
  • Calligenia Duponchel, [1845]
  • Sesapa Walker, 1854
  • Gurna Swinhoe, 1892

Miltochrista is a genus of moth of the Erebidae family, Arctiinae subfamily.

Description

Palpi short and porrect. Antennae with long cilia in male and bipectinated, and minute cilia in female. Tibia with short spurs. Fore wings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle or stalked with veins 7,8 and 9. Vein 10 from close to the angle of cell or before cell. Vein 11 from one-half to three-fourths length of cell and straight, or curved and running close along vein 12 or anastomosing with 12. Hind wings with vein 5 on a short stalk with vein 4, or from a point with it, or from above angle. Veins 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.[1]

Species

Former species

References

  1. 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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