Falana
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Falana is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Description
Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long and naked. Antennae bipectinated in male with short branches. Metathorax with slight tufts. Abdomen with dorsal tuft on firt segment, keeled below, with pairs of flattened scale-like plates. Femur with scaly tufts at base. Fore tibia hairy, mid and hind tibia with medial and distal tufts. Fore wings with acute apex. Outer margin excised below apex, and produced to a rounded lobe at center and point at vein 2. A tuft of scales forming a boss can be seen at base above inner margin. Areole very small. Vein 6 from some way below angle of cell. Hind wings with arched costa at base. Veins 3,4 on a short stalk and vein 5 from below center of discocellulars.[1]
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.
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