Platyja
Platyja | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Platyja Hübner, [1823] |
Platyja is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Description
Palpi with second joint broad, quadrately scaled and reaching vertex of head, and short, blunt and naked third joint. Thorax and abdomen smooth, where abdomen clothed with long coarse hair dorsally. Tibia and hind tarsi very hairy in male. Fore wings with highly arched costa towards apex, which is produced and acute. The outer margin obliquely curved. Hind wings with short cell and truncate anal angle.[1]
Species
- Platyja cyanopasta Turner, 1908
- Platyja exequialis Lucas, 1901
- Platyja umbrina (Doubleday, 1842)
- Platyja umminia Cramer, [1780]
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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