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Eutelia

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Eutelia
Eutelia blandiatrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Subfamily: Euteliinae
Genus: Eutelia
Hübner, 1823
Synonyms
  • Eutesia Hübner, 1826 1816
  • Eurhipia Boisduval, 1828
  • Phlegetonia Guenée, 1852
  • Ripogenus Grote, 1865
  • Zobia Saalmüller, 1891
  • Targallodes Holland, 1894
  • Alotsa Swinhoe, 1900
  • Silacida Swinhoe, 1900
  • Noctasota Clench, 1954
  • Adoraria Beck, 1996
  • Alotoa Leraut, 1997

Eutelia is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1][2][3]

Description

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Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen typically stout with a pair of anal tufts and extremely slight dorsal tufts on medial segments. Forewing with nearly straight costa, rectangular apex, obliquely curved outer margin and near base lobed inner margin.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (May 31, 2020). "Eutelia Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eutelia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Eutelia Hübner, 1823". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Hacker, H. & Fibiger, M. (2006). "Updated list of Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae (s.l.), and Hyblaeidae species of Yemen, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000, with comments and descriptions of species." Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 12: 75-166.