Adisura | |
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Adisura aerugo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Heliothinae |
Genus: | Adisura Moore, 1881 |
Synonyms | |
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Adisura is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Species are found thoroughout India and Sri Lanka, Africa and some far East Asian countries. Differs from Pyrrhia species in having sparsely spined mid and hind tibia and thorax without sharp crest. [1]
Heliothis is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Some of the species have larvae which are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea. Some species originally in this genus have been moved to other genera, see Chloridea and Helicoverpa.
Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Spilarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Manoba is a genus of moths in the family Nolidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1863.
Catada is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Iambia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1863.
Drasteria is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Episteme is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. Species are widespread.
Euplexia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Stephens in 1829.
Hydrillodes is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.
Metachrostis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Mimeusemia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Species are found in Japan, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Asota is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Malayan region and tropical parts of the Australian region.
Adisura atkinsoni, the field-bean pod borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1881. It is found in Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Congo, Kenya, Uganda and on Madagascar. It is also present in India, China, Korea, Indonesia (Sumatra), Japan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Himalayan region.
Heliothinae is a small subfamily of moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about 400 species described worldwide. They are found predominantly in semiarid subtropical habitats.
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