Zethes (moth)
| Zethes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Pericymini |
| Genus: | Zethes Rambur, 1833 |
Zethes is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Description
Palpi thickly scaled, where the second joint obliquely upturned to above vertex of head. Third joint usually long. Thorax and abdomen usually smoothly scaled. Tibia moderately hairy. Fore wings with acute apex. Outer margin more or less angled at middle. Hind wings with vein 5 from below middle of discocellulars.[1]
Species
- Zethes brandti Janzon, 1977
- Zethes humilis Mabille, 1900 (from Madagascar)
- Zethes insularis Rambur, 1833 (Mediterranean, Near East, Armenia)
- Zethes monotonus Wiltshire, 1938
- Zethes narghisa Brandt, 1938
- Zethes nemea Brandt, 1938
- Zethes pistazina Weisert, 2001
- Zethes propinquus Christoph, 1885
- Zethes sagittula (von Heyden, 1891) (from Madagascar)[2]
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.16-Apr-2017)
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