Arcte

Arcte
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Catocalinae
Genus:	Arcte; Kollar, [1844]
Synonyms
	Cocytodes Guenee, 1852;

Arcte is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae quite simple. Thorax and abdomen clothed with long hair. Abdomen^[1] in male with a strongly ridged chitinous rasp on center of dorsum of penultimate segment, probably played on by the strong chitinous spurs of the hind legs. Tibia fringed with long hairs.

Species

Arcte coerula Guenée, 1852
Arcte granulata (Guenee, 1852)
Arcte modesta (Hoeven, 1840)
Arcte polygrapha Kollar, [1844]
Arcte taprobana Moore, 1885

References

^ 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.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] 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.^{[permanent dead link]}

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