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Corythurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Hadeninae

Corythurus

Corythurus is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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Description

Sexes sexually dimorphic. In male, eyes naked and without lashes. Palpi slender, curved and extending backwards over vertex of head, where the third joint buried in very long hair from end of the second joint. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen with immensely developed tubular anal tuft, and tibia spineless. Fore wings with round apex, and cilia non-crenulate.

Female has far apart palpi and are naked, Third joint upturned and long. Abdomen lack anal tuft.

Species

  • Corythurus nocturnus Hampson, 1893
  • Corythurus socia Joannis, 1928
  • References

    Corythurus Wikipedia