Gyrtona

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Gyrtona
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Gyrtona albicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Gyrtona

Walker, 1863 [1]
Type species
Gyrtona proximalis
Walker, 1863 [2]
Synonyms
  • ChuducaWalker, 1863
  • ClinaWalker, 1865
  • NigrammaWalker, 1863

Gyrtona is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1863.

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Description

Similar to Stictoptera , differs in porrect palpi and more hairy. A large frontal tuft present. Antennae with long cilia in male and abdomen tuftless. Forewings with slightly raised tufts at middle and end of cell. [3]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Gyrtona at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gyrtona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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