Avitta

Avitta
	Avitta puncta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily:	Catocalinae
Genus:	Avitta; Walker, 1858
Synonyms
	Asta Walker, [1863]; Oroba Walker, [1863]; Pantura Moore, [1885]; Imleanga Lucas, 1901;

Avitta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1858.

Description

Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Antennae long and ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Femur and tibia fringed with hair. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell.^[1]

Species

Avitta alternans Warren 1903
Avitta andamana Holloway 1984
Avitta aroa (Bethune-Baker 1906)
Avitta atripuncta Hampson 1926
Avitta bracteola Holloway 1976
Avitta bryonota Viette 1956
Avitta ceromacra Berio 1956
Avitta discipuncta Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Avitta ekeikei (Bethune-Baker 1906)
Avitta fasciosa Moore, 1882
Avitta flavicilia Holloway 1976
Avitta guttulosa (Swinhoe 1900)
Avitta habrarcha Viette 1956
Avitta inductalis (Snellen 1880)
Avitta insignans Hampson 1902
Avitta insignifica Hampson 1926
Avitta ionomesa Hampson 1926
Avitta lineosa (Saalmuller 1891)
Avitta longicorpus Prout, 1922
Avitta meeki Holloway 1984
Avitta microsundana Holloway 1984
Avitta novahibernia Holloway 198
Avitta obscurata (Swinhoe 1897)
Avitta ochromarginata Pagenstecher 1894
Avitta ophiusalis Walker, [1859]
Avitta pectinata Holloway 1979
Avitta polyscia (Joicey & Talbot 1917)
Avitta puncta Wileman, 1911
Avitta quadrilinea Walker, [1863]
Avitta rufifrons Moore, [1887]
Avitta simplicior Gaede 1940
Avitta subsignans Walker, 1858
Avitta surrigens (Walker 1863)
Avitta taiwana Wileman, 1915
Avitta zopheropa Turner, 1909

References

^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku. "Avitta Walker, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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