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Zethes (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

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Zethes is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

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Description

Palpi thickly scaled, where the second joint obliquely upturned to above vertex of head. Third joint usually long. Thorax and abdomen usually smoothly scaled. Tibia moderately hairy. Fore wings with acute apex. Outer margin more or less angled at middle. Hind wings with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars.

Species

  • Zethes brandti Janzon, 1977
  • Zethes insularis Rambur, 1833
  • Zethes monotonus Wiltshire, 1938
  • Zethes narghisa Brandt, 1938
  • Zethes nemea Brandt, 1938
  • Zethes pistazina Weisert, 2001
  • Zethes propinquus Christoph, 1885

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    Zethes (moth) Wikipedia
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