Biology:Sphetta
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Short description: Genus of insects
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| Sphetta bornea | |
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| Genus: | Sphetta Walker, 1865
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Sphetta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1]
Description
Its eyes are naked. Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), reaching beyond the frons, where the second joint is heavily hairy. Antennae fasciculated (bundled). Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen is long. Tibia without spines. Forewings broad and rounded. Vein 3 from long before end of cell. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk, vein 8 running close along vein 7 to middle of cell.[2]
Species
- Sphetta apicalis Walker, 1865
- Sphetta bornea Holloway, 1989
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Sphetta Walker, 1865". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/notodontidae/sphetta/. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q8009746 entry
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