Conservula

Conservula
Conservula cinisigna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Tribe:	Phlogophorini
Genus:	Conservula Grote, 1874

Conservula is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae that was first erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.

Description

Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is fully developed. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, thickly scaled where the third joint minute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Metathorax with tufts which are well developed in the American species, slight in other regions. Abdomen without tufts. Tibia spineless. Forewings with non-crenulate cilia. ^[1]

Species

• Conservula alambica Gaede, 1915
• Conservula ancillottoi (Berio, 1978)
• Conservula anodonta (Guenée, 1852)
• Conservula anthophyes (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
• Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
• Conservula clarki Janse, 1937
• Conservula comoriensis (Viette, 1979)
• Conservula furca (D. S. Fletcher, 1961)
• Conservula indica (Moore, 1867)
• Conservula malagasa Gaede, 1915
• Conservula minor Holland, 1896
• Conservula rosacea (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Conservula scriptura (Rougeot & Laporte, 1983)
• Conservula simillima Berio, 1966
• Conservula sinensis Hampson, 1908
• Conservula subrosacea (Viette, 1958)
• Conservula v-brunneum (Guenée, 1852)

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.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Conservula Grote, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 8, 2017.