Biology:Oxyodes

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Short description: Genus of moths

Oxyodes
Oxyodes scrobiculata female dorsal.jpg
Oxyodes scrobiculata - Female dorsal
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Genus: Oxyodes
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Oxyodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender. Tibia spineless. Fore tibia hairy. Forewings with produced and acute apex. Outer margin slightly excised and crenulate cilia.[1]

Species

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7116056 entry