Phazaca
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Genus: | Phazaca Walker, 1863
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Phazaca is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae first described by Walker in 1863.
Description[]
Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head. Antennae thickened and flattened in male. Forewings broad. The outer margin evenly curved. Vein 5 from below the upper angle of cell and veins 6,7 and 8,9 stalked. vein 10 from cell. Hindwings usually with the outer margin produced to points at veins 4 and 7, slightly developed in male. Vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars. Veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell or shortly stalked. Male with a fold on inner area containing a tuft of long hair, veins 1b and 2 being distorted. Wings held more or less apart in repose.[1]
Species[]
- (Warren, 1897)
- (Strand, 1917)
- (Swinhoe, 1902)
- Holloway, 1998
- (Moore, 1887)
- Holloway, 1998
- (Turner, 1926)
- (Swinhoe, 1902)
- (Warren, 1898)
- Phazaca erosioides Walker, 1863
- Phazaca interrupta (Warren, 1896)
- Phazaca kellersi Tams, 1935 (from Samoa)
- (Walker, 1863)
- Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891)
- (Warren, 1897)
- Holloway, 1998
- (Butler, 1887)
- (Warren, 1898)
- (Warren, 1906)
- (Warren, 1897)
- (Butler, 1886)
- Phazaca theclata (Guenée, 1857)
- (Dudgeon, 1905)
- Holloway, 1998
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. "Phazaca Walker, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
Categories:
- Uraniidae
- Geometroidea stubs