Dypterygia

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Dypterygia
Dypterygia scabriuscula.jpg
Dypterygia scabriuscula
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe:
Genus: Dypterygia
Stephens, 1829

Dypterygia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Description[]

Its eyes are naked and without eyelashes. The proboscis is fully formed. Palpi upturned reaching above vertex of head, where the second joint with long hair below. Antennae minutely ciliated in male. Thorax with a long furrowed crest behind the collar. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia spineless.[1]

Species[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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