Laelia (moth)

Laelia
Laelia coenosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Orgyiini
Genus: Laelia
Stephens, 1828
Synonyms
  • Anthora Walker, 1855
  • Procodeca Walker, 1855
  • Charnidas Walker, 1855
  • Repena Walker, 1855
  • Ricine Walker, 1855
  • Odagra Walker, 1865
  • Baryaza Moore, 1879
  • Harapa Moore, 1879
  • Laelioides Moore, [1883]
  • Hondella Moore, [1883]
  • Laeliolina Hering, 1926

Laelia is a genus of tussock moths in the Erebidae family. Species are well distributed throughout Europe, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.

Description

They are nocturnal moths. Palpi long and porrect with heavily hairy second joint and long third joint. Antennae with long branches in males, and short in females. Fore wings are more produced than in Aroa, where wing membrane form a slight concavity on ventral beyond the upper angle of cell. Neuration is similar.[1]

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-i". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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