Rabila

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Rabila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Rabila
Walker, 1865

Rabila is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Francis Walker in 1865. The genus was once thought to endemic to Sri Lanka, but species have been found from South India and few African countries. [1] [2]

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Description

Its eyes are naked and without lashes. The proboscis is obsolete. Palpi porrect (extending forward) and evenly scaled. Third joint long and frons with a rounded corneous projection. Antennae of male simple with short branches. Thorax and abdomen without tufts and tibia lack spines. Neuration normal. Forewings with produced and rounded apex, where the outer angle slightly hooked. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Rabila Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Rabila Walker, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.