Rabila | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
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 The proboscis is obsolete.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]
Heliothis is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Some of the species have larvae which are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea. Some species originally in this genus have been moved to other genera, see Chloridea and Helicoverpa.
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Teulisna is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1862. They are found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Borneo and Java.
Charltona is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1886.
Arcilasisa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Arcilasisa sobria, is found in southern India. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1865.
Aucha is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Labanda is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Callopistria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Dactyloplusia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Chou Io and Lu Chinsheng in 1979. Its single species, Dactyloplusia impulsa, was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, southern China, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Fiji and Australia.
Dinumma is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Elusa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Ercheia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Marathyssa is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.
Oruza is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1862.
Plusiodonta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Sphetta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.
Aroa is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. Species are distributed in South Africa, China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Java.
Belippa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae erected by Francis Walker in 1865.
Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Walker in 1862.
Duomitus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. Its only species, Duomitus ceramicus, described by Francis Walker in 1865, is found in Yunnan in China and from southern India and Malaysia to Sumatra, Ceram and New Guinea.