Biology:Homodes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Homodes
Homodes vivida (Erebidae- Boletobiinae) (4184379167).jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Homodes
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Philecia Walker, 1861

Homodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3][4]

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, where the third joint very minute. Antennae ciliated. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia nearly smooth. Forelegs of male with a tuft of long hair from base of coxa. Forewing with round apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from near center of discocellulars.[5]

Species

  • Homodes bracteigutta (Walker, 1862) India, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Saleyer, New Guinea, N.Queensland
  • Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852 India, Thailand, Andamans, Sundaland, Sulawesi, Seram, Kei, New Guinea, Bismarcks
  • Homodes fulva Hampson, 1896 Sri Lanka, Borneo
  • Homodes lassula Prout, 1928 Sumatra, Borneo
  • Homodes iomolybda Meyrick, 1889 India (Meghalaya), New Guinea
  • Homodes lithographa Hampson, 1926 Solomon Islands
  • Homodes magnifica Viette, 1958 Madagascar
  • Homodes muluensis Holloway, 2005 Borneo
  • Homodes ornata Roepke, 1938 northern Sulawesi
  • Homodes perilitha Hampson, 1926 southern India, Borneo, Philippines
  • Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852 India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Borneo, Sulawesi

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5891101 entry