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Homodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Subfamily
  
Boletobiinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Butterflies and moths, Anisoneura, Trigonodes, Ischyja, Speiredonia

Homodes is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

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Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Calpinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint very minute. Antennae ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia nearly smooth. Fore legs of male with a tuft of long hair from base of coxa. Fore wing with round apex. Hind wings with vein 5 from near center of discocellulars.

Species

  • Homodes bracteigutta Walker, 1862
  • Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852
  • Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889
  • Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852

    • References

    Homodes Wikipedia
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