Pterogonia

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Pterogonia
Pterogonia cardinalis, male (Nolidae- Westermanniinae) (5698089286).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nolidae
Subfamily:
Chloephorinae
Genus:
Pterogonia

Swinhoe, 1891

Pterogonia is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Nolidae family of insects

Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,400 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths after the tufts of raised scales on the forewings of two subfamilies, Nolinae and Collomeninae. The larvae also tend to have muted colors and tufts of short hairs.

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Description

Palpi obliquely upturned and reaching above a sharp frontal tuft. Fore wings with straight costa. Outer margin angled at vein 3. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form an areole. The retinaculum is bar-shaped in male. Hind wings with vein 8 anastomosing with vein 7 to middle of cell. Vein 5 from near lower angle of cell. [1]

Species

Pterogonia aurigutta is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Sundaland, Singapore, Thailand, the Andaman Islands and Sri Lanka.

Pterogonia nubes is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi.

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References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.[ permanent dead link ]

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