Risoba | |
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Risoba prominens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Nolidae |
Subfamily: | Risobinae |
Genus: | Risoba Moore, 1881 |
Synonyms | |
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Risoba is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Moore in 1881.
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.
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 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.
Its palpi are upturned and reach the vertex of the head. Antennae almost as long as forewing, with fasciculated (bundled) cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, latter long. Tibia smooth and spineless. Forewings without raised tufts and rectangular apex. Cilia non-crenulate. Retinaculum of male bar shaped and claspers long and elongate. [1]
Risoba avola is a species of moth of the family Nolidae.
Risoba basalis is a species of moth of the family Nolidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882.
Risoba becki is a species of moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in Sumatra.
Bleninae is a monotypic subfamily of the moth family Nolidae. Its single genus, Blenina, was erected by Francis Walker in 1858.
Ugia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Avitta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1858.
Anomis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Avatha is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Bocula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Catephia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. Most species of this genus are found in Africa.
Egnasia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.
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.
Euplexia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Stephens in 1829.
Hydrillodes is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Its validity is somewhat disputed.
Ophiusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Phlogophora is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Treitschke in 1825.
Plusiodonta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Stictoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Tamba is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Trabala is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae described by Francis Walker in 1856. The species are confined to China, throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Java.
Ozola is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1861.
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