Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Nolidae | |
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Cacyparis is a moth genus in the family Nolidae found in throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
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Description
Palpi upturned where third joint very long, slender and knobbed at end. Antennae fasciculate in male. Fore wings are broad with acute apex. Veins 3 to 5 from near angle of cell, vein 6 from upper angle and vein 9 arising from vein 10 and anastomosing with vein 8 to form areole. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell, vein 5 above the angle, veins 6 and 7 from upper angle and vein 8 from before middle of cell.
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