| Holocryptis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Genus: | Holocryptis T. P. Lucas, 1893 |
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Holocryptis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1893. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Palpi slender and porrect (extending forward). Antennae simple, with thickened basal joint. Thorax and abdomen scaled. Forewings with somewhat lobed inner margin towards base. Vein 5 from above angle of cell, and veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with costa excised before apex. Veins 3 and 4 stalked, and veins 6 and 7 from upper angle of cell. [6]