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Pseudomicronia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Uraniidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Microniinae

Pseudomicronia

Similar
  
Micronia, Acropteris iphiata, Micronia aculeata, Epiplema, Dysaethria

Genus pseudomicronia moth


Pseudomicronia is a genus of moths in the Uraniidae family.

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Description

Palpi short, porrect and not very slender. Antennae thickened and flattened. Mid tibia with one pair of spurs, hind tibia with two pairs. Fore wings with costa slightly arched. Athe apes rounded, the outer margin straight. Veins 2 and 3 from a point before end of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hind wings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3,4 from cell.

Species

Some species of this genus are:

  • Pseudomicronia advocataria (Walker, 1861) (India, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Borneo)
  • Pseudomicronia bundutuhan Holloway, 1998 (Borneo)
  • Pseudomicronia caelata Moore, 1887 (India, Sri Lanka)
  • Pseudomicronia charassozona West, 1932
  • Pseudomicronia oppositana Snellen
  • Pseudomicronia unimacula Warren
  • Pseudomicronia tibetana Bytinski-Salz, 1939 (Tibet)

    • References

    Pseudomicronia Wikipedia
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