Biology:Platyja
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Platyja umminia - Borneo, Crocker Range National Park. April 2009 | |
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| Genus: | Platyja Hübner, [1823]
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Platyja is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1][2][3]
Description
Palpi with second joint broad, quadrately scaled and reaching vertex of head, and short, blunt and naked third joint. Thorax and abdomen smooth, where abdomen clothed with long coarse hair dorsally. Tibia and hind tarsi very hairy in male. Forewings with highly arched costa towards apex, which is produced and acute. The outer margin obliquely curved. Hindwings with short cell and truncate anal angle.[4]
Species
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Platyja Hübner, [1823"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/erebinae/Platyja/. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Platyja". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=287676.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Platyja Hübner, 1823". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=23296.0. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q10807453 entry
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