Pseudomicronia
| Pseudomicronia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Microniinae[1] |
| Genus: | Pseudomicronia Moore, 1887 |
Pseudomicronia is a genus of moths in the Uraniidae family.
Description
Palpi short, porrect and not very slender. Antennae thickened and flattened. Mid tibia with one pair of spurs, hind tibia with two pairs. Fore wings with costa slightly arched. Athe apes rounded, the outer margin straight. Veins 2 and 3 from a point before end of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hind wings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3,4 from cell.[2]
Species
Some species of this genus are:
- Pseudomicronia advocataria (Walker, 1861) (India, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Borneo)
- Pseudomicronia bundutuhan Holloway, 1998 (Borneo)
- Pseudomicronia caelata Moore, 1887 (India, Sri Lanka)
- Pseudomicronia charassozona West, 1932
- Pseudomicronia oppositana Snellen
- Pseudomicronia unimacula Warren
- Pseudomicronia tibetana Bytinski-Salz, 1939 (Tibet)
References
- ↑ www.nhm.ac.uk Genus Database
- ↑ 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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