Dysodia

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Dysodia
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Dysodia zellerii
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Dysodia

Clemens, 1860
Synonyms
  • PachythyrisFelder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • PlatythyrisGrote & Robinson, 1866
  • VarniaWalker, 1863

Dysodia is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.

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Description

Forewings long. Hindwings with apex acute, the outer margin straight. Palpi thickly scaled, upturned, reaching above vertex of head, the third joint acute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Legs are with hairy femur and tibia. Forewings excurved at veins 2, 3 and 4. Veins 7, 8 and 9 from close to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell. The outer margin is irregular and excised below the apex. Thorax and abdomen is stout. [1]

Species

Some species of this genus are: [2]

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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Dysodia Clemens, 1860". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2018.