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Platyja
Platyja umminia (Noctuidae Catocalinae) 2.jpg
Platyja umminia - Borneo, Crocker Range National Park. April 2009
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Platyja
Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
  • CotuzaWalker, 1858
  • GinaeaWalker, 1858
  • CremnodesFelder, 1874
  • YerongpongaLucas, 1901
  • MocrendesNye, 1975

Platyja is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. [1] [2] [3]

Description

Palpi with second joint broad, quadrately scaled and reaching vertex of head, and short, blunt and naked third joint. Thorax and abdomen smooth, where abdomen clothed with long coarse hair dorsally. Tibia and hind tarsi very hairy in male. Forewings with highly arched costa towards apex, which is produced and acute. The outer margin obliquely curved. Hindwings with short cell and truncate anal angle. [4]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Platyja Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Platyja​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Platyja Hübner, 1823". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ 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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