Chiretolpis
| Chiretolpis | |
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| Chiretolpis bicolorata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Nudariina |
| Genus: | Chiretolpis Watson, 1980[1] |
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Chiretolpis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Description
Palpi very minute. Antennae ciliated in both sexes, but long in male than female. Abdomen of female with a large anal tuft. Wings covered with hair like scales. Fore wings long, apex produced and rounded. Outer margin very oblique. Veins 7 to 9 stalked and vein 11 anastomosing with vein 12. Hind wings with vein 3 arise from before angle of cell, vein 5 from above angle, veins 6 and 7 stalked and vein 8 from beyond middle of cell.[2]
Species
- Chiretolpis atrifulva
- Chiretolpis bicolorata (Pagenstecher, 1900)
- Chiretolpis elongata
- Chiretolpis erubescens
- Chiretolpis melanoxantha
- Chiretolpis ochracea
- Chiretolpis rhodia
- Chiretolpis signata
- Chiretolpis sinapis
- Chiretolpis unicolor
- Chiretolpis woodlarkiana
- Chiretolpis xanthomelas
References
- ↑ Chiretolpis at funet
- ↑ 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.
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