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Genus: | Niaccaba Walker, 1866 |
Species: | N. sumptualis |
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Niaccaba sumptualis Walker, 1865 | |
Niaccaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. Its single species, Niaccaba sumptualis, described by the same author one year earlier, is found in Sri Lanka, [1] the Ryukyu Islands and Borneo. [2] [3]
Palpi sickle shaped and reaching above vertex of head, with minute third joint. Antennae of male ciliated. Forewings with acute apex. The outer margin excurved at vein 4, then very oblique to outer angle. Veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 6 from below angle of cell. Vein 7 arises from angle and veins 8 and 9 stalked from before angle. Vein 10 absent. Hindwings with excised outer margin between veins 6 and 4. Veins 3 and 4 stalked and vein 5 arises from near middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from upper angle of cell. [4]
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Arsacia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species is Arsacia rectalis. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker, the genus in 1866 and the species in 1863. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Yepcalphis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Nye in 1975. Its only species, Yepcalphis dilectissima, was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, the Oriental tropics, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the Sula Islands.
Hypenagonia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.
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Hyposidra is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857.
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Sauris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Achille Guenée in 1857.
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Calluga costalis is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi, Seram, New Guinea and Queensland.
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Pseudomicronia is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae.
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