Argidava (moth)

Argidava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Tribe:	Nacophorini
Genus:	Argidava Walker, [1863]

Argidava is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

The List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen sligtly compressed, not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad ; exterior border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique.

Species

The Index of Scientific Names lists the following names:

• Argidava irrorata
• Argidava maculata
• Argidava punctata Butl.
• Argidava sparsularia, a subjective synonym of subviduata Meyrick 1892
• Argidava subviduata Walker, [1863]

Argidava subviduata

The List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum describes a specimen as follows:

Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots ; a black dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot ; marginal points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line of dots. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines.

a. Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection.