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Scaptesyle

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Arctiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Scaptesyle

Similar
  
Macrobathra, Anthela nicothoe, Endoxyla, Asura, Anthela

Scaptesyle is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae.

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Description

Palpi upturned reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Tibia with long spurs. Fore wings with stalked veins 4 and 5, vein 6 from below angle of cell and stalked veins 7,8 and 9. Hind wings with stalked veins 3,4 and 6,7. Vein 5 from above angle of cell and vein 8 from middle of cell.

Species

  • Scaptesyle aurigena Walker, 1863
  • Scaptesyle buergersi Gaede, 1926
  • Scaptesyle bicolor Walker, 1864
  • Scaptesyle bifasciata Snellen, 1904
  • Scaptesyle bipartita Rothschild, 1913
  • Scaptesyle bizone Rothschild, 1912
  • Scaptesyle dichotoma Meyrick, 1886
  • Scaptesyle dictyota Meyrick, 1886
  • Scaptesyle equidistans Lucas, 1890
  • Scaptesyle fovealis Hampson, 1903
  • Scaptesyle ixias Hampson, 1900
  • Scaptesyle luzonica Swinhoe, 1916
  • Scaptesyle middletoni (Turner, 1941)
  • Scaptesyle mirabilis Hampson, 1900
  • Scaptesyle monogrammaria Walker, 1862
  • Scaptesyle plumosus Rothschild, 1912
  • Scaptesyle sororigena Holloway, 2001
  • Scaptesyle subtricolor van Eecke, 1927
  • Scaptesyle tetramita Turner, 1940
  • Scaptesyle thestias Snellen, 1904
  • Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854
  • Scaptesyle violinitens Rothschild, 1912

    • Former species

  • Scaptesyle aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
  • Scaptesyle incerta Semper, 1899
  • Scaptesyle pseudolabia Hampson, 1918
  • Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1914

    • References

    Scaptesyle Wikipedia
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