Aucha

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Aucha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cobubathinae
Genus: Aucha
Walker, 1858

Aucha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is well developed. Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching above vertex of head, and third joint short. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdomen without tufts and smoothly scaled. Tibia spineless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia and hindwings produced at apex. [1]

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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.