Biology:Micraeschus
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Micraeschus elataria from Malaya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Aventiini |
| Genus: | Micraeschus Butler, 1878 |
Micraeschus is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.
Description
Palpi very slender and obliquely upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae with fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen tuftless. Legs naked, with normal spurs. Forewing with veins 7 to 10 stalked. Hindwings with stalked 3 and 4. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]
Species
- Micraeschus elataria Walker, 1861
- Micraeschus rufipallens Warren, 1913
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
- Savela, Markku. "Micraeschus Butler, 1878". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/acontiinae/micraeschus/. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). Search results Family: Noctuidae. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q5485124 entry
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