Hyblaea

Hyblaea
	Hyblaea constellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hyblaeidae
Genus:	Hyblaea; Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
	Aenigma Strecker, 1876; Nychophila Billberg, 1820;

Hyblaea is a genus of moths of the family Hyblaeidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

Description

Head very small. Palpi porrect (extending forward) and rostriform (beak shaped). Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia clothed with long hairs and spineless. Forewings with costa arched near base, with lobed inner margin. The cell open. Veins 6 to 9 arise from close to angle of cell. Hindwings with open cell. Vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to near middle of cell.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus consists of the following species:^[2]

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] Catalogue of Life: 2009 Annual Checklist^{[permanent dead link]}

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