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Nodaria

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Nodaria
Nodaria nodosalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Nodaria
Guenée, 1854
Synonyms
  • Anitha Walker, 1866

Nodaria is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854.

Description

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Palpi with second joint reaching above vertex of head. Third joint with a tuft of hair on inner side, usually in the males only. Antennae of males with long bristles and cilia. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with rectangular apex. The outer margin rounded. Veins 7 to 10 stalked, often with a minute areole at their base. Hindwings with veins 3,4 and 6,7 from angles of cell or on short stalks. Vein 5 from near middle of discocellulars.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Guenée (1854). in Boisduval & Guenée. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes
  • Herrich-Schäffer (1851). Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa 385, pl. 118, fig. 605.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Savela, Markku. "Nodaria Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 9, 2017.