Moma (moth)
| Moma | |
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| The scarce merveille du jour (Moma alpium). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantheinae |
| Genus: | Moma Hübner, 1820 |
| Species | |
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Moma is a genus of owlet moth in the Pantheinae subfamily.
Description
Eyes hairy. Proboscis well developed. Palpi obliquely upturned and clothed with long hair below, and short third joint. Thorax and abdomen tuftless, where abdomen clothed with long hair at sides. Larva forms a cocoon in a rolled up leaf.[1]
Species
- Moma abbreviata
- Moma alpium
- Moma aprilina
- Moma aprilinaminor
- Moma crassesignata
- Moma designata
- Moma deumbrata
- Moma fasciata
- Moma fulvicollis
- Moma glauca
- Moma kolthoffi
- Moma ludifica
- Moma marmorea
- Moma murrhina
- Moma orion
- Moma pallidumbrata
- Moma rosea
- Moma runica
- Moma tsushimana
References
- ↑ 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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