Mastigophorus

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

Poey, 1832

Mastigophorus is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Poey in 1832. [1]

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Description

Male with palpi with first joint upcurved at base, then porrect (extending forward) extremely long and fringed with hair above. Second joint bent back at an acute angle to above vertex of head. Third joint is a flattened process with a tuft of long hair from its base. Antennae with long bristles and cilia. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia slightly hairy. Forewings with slightly acute apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.

Female with palpi with short first joint and curved or obliquely upturned second joint, which is moderate length. Third joint upturned, long and very slender. American specimens have a sheath to the fore tibia containing a mass of flocculent (wooly) scales. [2]

Species

According to Lepidoptera and Other Life Forms:

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References

Citations
  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Mastigophorus Poey, 1832". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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