Scaptesyle

Scaptesyle
Scaptestyle bicolor integra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Scaptesyle Walker, 1854
Synonyms
Chiriphe Walker, [1863]

Scaptesyle is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.

Description[]

Palpi upturned reaching vertex of head. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Tibia with long spurs. Forewings with stalked veins 4 and 5, vein 6 from below angle of cell and stalked veins 7,8 and 9. Hindwings with stalked veins 3,4 and 6,7. Vein 5 from above angle of cell and vein 8 from middle of cell.^[1]

Species[]

• Scaptesyle aurigena Walker, 1863
• Scaptesyle buergersi Gaede, 1926
• Scaptesyle bicolor Walker, 1864
• Scaptesyle bifasciata Snellen, 1904
• Scaptesyle bipartita Rothschild, 1913
• Scaptesyle bizone Rothschild, 1912
• Scaptesyle dichotoma Meyrick, 1886
• Scaptesyle dictyota Meyrick, 1886
• Scaptesyle equidistans Lucas, 1890
• Scaptesyle fovealis Hampson, 1903
• Scaptesyle ixias Hampson, 1900
• Scaptesyle luzonica Swinhoe, 1916
• Scaptesyle middletoni (Turner, 1941)
• Scaptesyle mirabilis Hampson, 1900
• Scaptesyle monogrammaria Walker, 1862
• Scaptesyle plumosus Rothschild, 1912
• Scaptesyle sororigena Holloway, 2001
• Scaptesyle subtricolor van Eecke, 1927
• Scaptesyle tetramita Turner, 1940
• Scaptesyle thestias Snellen, 1904
• Scaptesyle tricolor Walker, 1854
• Scaptesyle violinitens Rothschild, 1912

Former species[]

• Scaptesyle aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
• Scaptesyle incerta Semper, 1899
• Scaptesyle pseudoblabia Hampson, 1918
• Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1914

References[]

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.