Anoratha (moth)

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Anoratha
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Female Anoratha sinuosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Anoratha
Moore, 1867
Species [1]

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Anoratha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Frederic Moore in 1867.

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Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), with extremely long second joint with a downward curve, its upperside fringed with scales. Third joint long and depressed. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Abdomen very long in male. Forewings with costa arched towards apex, which is produced and acute, more so in the male than the female. The outer margin excurved at middle, especially in male. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 on a short stalk. Vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. The outer margin excised towards anal angle in male. [2]

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References

  1. "Anoratha". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.