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Micraeschus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Boletobiinae

Micraeschus

Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

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Description

Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Fore wing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hind wings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

  • Micraeschus elataria Walker, 1861
  • Micraeschus rufipallens Warren, 1913

    • References

    Micraeschus Wikipedia
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