Toxophleps

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Toxophleps

Hampson, 1893

Toxophleps is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1893. The species are transferred in to Tarache . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms describe this genus as a synonym of Cophanta . [1] [2]

Description

Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and roughly scaled and third joint short. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia naked. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cophanta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Cophanta Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.