Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Description
Palpi with thickened second joint and reaching vertex of head, and obliquely porrect and naked third joint. Antennae bipectinated with short branches in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid tibia spined and with terminal tuft. Hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts. Fore wings with highly arched costa. Apex produced and acute. Cilia highly crenulate. Hind wing with produced outer margin to a point at vein 4. Inner margin with a deep incision at middle forming a fringed lobe. Cilia highly crenulate. Cell of both wing somewhat short.
Species
References
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