Pelochyta
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Arctiini |
| Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
| Genus: | Pelochyta Hübner, [1819] |
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Pelochyta is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. They are distributed in Africa, throughout India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Britain.
Description
Palpi porrectly upturned and slender. Antennae nearly simple. Fore wing with the costa arched. The outer margin and obliquely curved. Veins 3 to 5 from angle of cell. Vein 6 from below upper angle. Veins 7 to 9 are stalked. Vein 10 from cell. Hind wings with the anal angle slightly produced. Outer margin nearly straight. Apex slightly acute. Veins 3 to 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle. Vein 8 from near end of cell.[1]
Species
- Pelochyta acuta Toulgoët, 1984
- Pelochyta adumbrata Dognin, 1922
- Pelochyta affinis Rothschild, 1909
- Pelochyta albipars (Hampson, 1914)
- Pelochyta albotestaceus (Rothschild, 1909)
- Pelochyta aliena (Maassen, 1890)
- Pelochyta arenacea (Schaus, 1901)
- Pelochyta arontes (Stoll, [1782])
- Pelochyta atra Rothschild, 1909
- Pelochyta bicolor Rothschild, 1909
- Pelochyta brunnescens Rothschild, 1909
- Pelochyta cervina (H. Edwards, 1884)
- Pelochyta cinerea (Walker, 1855)
- Pelochyta colombiana (Rothschild, 1916)
- Pelochyta dorsicincta Hampson, 1916
- Pelochyta draudti (Seitz, 1922)
- Pelochyta fassli Rothschild, 1911
- Pelochyta fergusoni Watson & Goodger, 1986
- Pelochyta gandolfii Schaus, 1933
- Pelochyta haemapleura Dognin, 1914
- Pelochyta joseensis Strand, 1921
- Pelochyta misera Schaus, 1911
- Pelochyta nabor Schaus, 1924
- Pelochyta nigrescens (Dognin, 1891)
- Pelochyta pallida (Schaus, 1901)
- Pelochyta propinqua Toulgoët, 1984
- Pelochyta ruficollis (Druce, 1884)
- Pelochyta semivitrea (Dognin, 1907)
- Pelochyta songoa Schaus, 1933
- Pelochyta spitzi Rothschild, 1933
- Pelochyta umbrata Hampson, 1901
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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