Oxyodes

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Oxyodes
Oxyodes scrobiculata female dorsal.jpg
Oxyodes scrobiculata - Female dorsal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Oxyodes

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Oxyodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description[]

Palpi upturned and smoothly scaled, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and somewhat slender. Tibia spineless. Fore tibia hairy. Forewings with produced and acute apex. Outer margin slightly excised and crenulate cilia.[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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