Preptos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eupterotidae |
Subfamily: | Eupterotinae |
Genus: | Preptos Schaus, 1892 |
Species: | P. oropus |
Binomial name | |
Preptos oropus Schaus, 1892 | |
Synonyms | |
Tagora corax Druce, 1893 |
Preptos is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Preptos oropus, is found in Mexico [1] and Guatemala. [2] Both the genus and species were first described by William Schaus in 1892. [3]
The wingspan is about 95 mm. Adults are fawn coloured, the outer margins of the forewings and hindwings are broadly brown and separated from the ground colour by a straight dark line extending from the apices to the inner margins near the angles on both wings. There is a median and on the forewings, as well as an outer transverse dark wavy shade and a blackish spot on the subcostal vein near the base. [4]
Bibasis anadi, the plain orange awlet, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia. The butterfly has been reassigned by Vane-Wright and de Jong (2003) to the genus Burara and is considered by them Burara anadi.
Hasora anura, the slate awl, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in Asia. In India it is found in Sikkim and the Khasi Hills.
Pelochyta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. They are found in Africa, as well as throughout India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Australia, and New Britain.
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.
Nolasena is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nolasena ferrifervens, is found in India, Sri Lanka, Borneo and the Philippines. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Oxygonitis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its single species, Oxygonitis sericeata, is found in the Indian subregion, Myanmar, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Australia and Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1893.
Aporandria is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1894. Its single species, Aporandria specularia, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Vietnam, Thailand, the Andamans, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Anisothrix grenadensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Anisothrix. It was described by William Schaus, in 1904, and is known from Grenada, from which its species epithet is derived.
Eupithecia accurata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Kazakhstan.
Givira plagiata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1901 and is found in Venezuela.
Drapetodes fratercula is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka, north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo, Bali, and Sulawesi.
Tridrepana acuta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Allan Watson in 1957. It is found in Sri Lanka and possibly southern India.
Oreta singapura is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea.
Eadmuna guianensis is a species of moth of the family Mimallonidae. It is found in Guyana and French Guiana, where it is found in Amazon rainforests.
Sthenistis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Immidae. Its only species, Sthenistis gyrtoniformis, is found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were described by George Hampson in 1896.
Megalopyge amita is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. It is found in Brazil.
Megalopyge radiata is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. It was described by Schaus in 1892. It is found in Mexico and Brazil.
Norape venata is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1900. It is found in Brazil.
Ochus subvittatus, the tiger hopper, is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Ochus of the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1894. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in the Khasi Hills and Naga Hills of India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Yunnan.
Dugonia is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Notodontidae, containing only the species Dugonia eliera. The genus and species were both first described in 1928 by William Schaus from an unspecified number of female specimens from the Dognin collection. It is known from French Guiana, with a type locality in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.