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Hemonia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Hemonia is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. They are found only from Sri Lanka and Borneo.

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Description

Palpi slight and porrect. Antennae ciliated in male. Fore wings very broad and rounded. Vein 3 from before angle of cell, veins 4,5 and 6,7 stalked. Veins 8 to 11 nearly erect where vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 stalked, vein 3 absent, vein 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from near end of cell.

Species

  • Hemonia micrommata Turner, 1899
  • Hemonia monochroa Hampson, 1914
  • Hemonia murina Rothschild, 1913
  • Hemonia orbiferana Walker, 1863
  • Hemonia pallida Hampson, 1914
  • Hemonia rotundata Snellen, 1879
  • Hemonia schistacea Rothschild, 1913
  • Hemonia schistaceoalba Rothschild, 1913
  • Hemonia simillima Rothschild, 1913

    • References

    Hemonia Wikipedia
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