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Hyperlopha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Hyperlopha is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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Description

Palpi with second joint reaching above vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae with long cilia and bristles in male. Thorax with a high sharp tuft found behind collar. Abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia slightly hairy. Fore wings with arched costa. Apex acute and produced. Hind wings with rounded outer margin. Vein 5 from near middle of discocellulars.

Species

  • Hyperlopha amicta Turner, 1903
  • Hyperlopha aridela Turner, 1902
  • Hyperlopha cristifera Walker, 1865

    • Images

  • Image: Hyperlopha aridela Turner, 1902 (Noctuidae: Catocalinae), Male - QLD, Kalpower State Forest, 20. Feb. 2000, J.C. Keast leg. (Keast Collection ANIC).

    • References

    Hyperlopha Wikipedia
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