Bleptina
| Bleptina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Bleptina Guenée, 1854 |
Bleptina is a genus of litter moths of the Erebidae family.[1][2]
Description
Palpi with second joint reaching far above vertex of head. Third joint long with a tuft of hair on inner side. Antennae fasciculated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore wings with somewhat acute apex. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form the areole, which is short and broad or long and narrow. Vein 10 sometimes given off beyond it. Hind wings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[3]
Species
- Bleptina araealis Hampson, 1901
- Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854 – Bent-winged Owlet Moth
- Bleptina flaviguttalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
- Bleptina hydrillalis Guenée, 1854
- Bleptina inferior Grote, 1872
- Bleptina menalcasalis Walker, [1859]
- Bleptina minimalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
- Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
References
- ↑ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (19 Mar 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- ↑ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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