Biology:Conservula

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Short description: Genus of moths

Conservula
Appana cinisigna (de Joannis, 1906).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Phlogophorini
Genus: Conservula
Grote, 1874

Conservula is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.

Description

Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is fully developed. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, thickly scaled where the third joint minute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Metathorax with tufts which are well developed in the American species, slight in other regions. Abdomen without tufts. Tibia spineless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia.[1]

Species

  • Conservula alambica Gaede, 1915
  • Conservula ancillottoi (Berio, 1978)
  • Conservula anodonta (Guenée, 1852)
  • Conservula anthophyes (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
  • Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
  • Conservula clarki Janse, 1937
  • Conservula comoriensis (Viette, 1979)
  • Conservula furca (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
  • Conservula indica (Moore, 1867)
  • Conservula malagasa Gaede, 1915
  • Conservula minor Holland, 1896
  • Conservula rosacea (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Conservula scriptura (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983)
  • Conservula simillima Berio, 1966
  • Conservula sinensis Hampson, 1908
  • Conservula subrosacea (Viette, 1958)
  • Conservula v-brunneum (Guenée, 1852)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5163169 entry