Biology:Amyna

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Short description: Genus of moths

Amyna
Voeltzkow-pl.6-fig.22-Amyna virbioides Pagenstecher, 1907.JPG
Amyna virbioides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Bagisarinae
Genus: Amyna
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Berresa Walker, [1859]
  • Ilattia Walker, [1859]
  • Lochia Walker, 1865
  • Stridova Walker, 1869
  • Pteraetholix Grote, 1873
  • Chytoryza Grote, 1876
  • Hesperimorpha Saalmüller, 1880
  • Amynodes Warren, 1913
  • Formosamyna Strand, 1920
  • Niphosticta Turner, 1936
  • Trilophia Turner, 1943
  • Hurworthia Nye, 1975

Amyna is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3]

Description

Their thoraxes are tuftless. The abdomen is slender and tapering to a point with the slight dorsal tufts. Palpi more slender and reaching above vertex of head. Forewings are shorter and broader, where the costa more arched towards apex.[4]

Species

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4749562 entry