Pseudomicronia

Pseudomicronia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Subfamily:	Microniinae
Genus:	Pseudomicronia; Moore, 1887

Pseudomicronia is a genus of moths in the Uraniidae family.

Description

Palpi short, porrect and not very slender. Antennae thickened and flattened. Mid tibia with one pair of spurs, hind tibia with two pairs. Fore wings with costa slightly arched. Athe apes rounded, the outer margin straight. Veins 2 and 3 from a point before end of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked. Veins 8 to 10 stalked. Hind wings with an angled tail at vein 4 and veins 3,4 from cell.^[2]

Species

Some species of this genus are:

Pseudomicronia advocataria (Walker, 1861) (India, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Borneo)
Pseudomicronia bundutuhan Holloway, 1998 (Borneo)
Pseudomicronia caelata Moore, 1887 (India, Sri Lanka)
Pseudomicronia charassozona West, 1932
Pseudomicronia oppositana Snellen
Pseudomicronia unimacula Warren
Pseudomicronia tibetana Bytinski-Salz, 1939 (Tibet)

References

^ www.nhm.ac.uk Genus Database
^ 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.

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[1] www.nhm.ac.uk Genus Database

[2] 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.

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