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Cocytiini
The Cocytiini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Adults of some members of the subfamily, especially in the genus '' Serrodes'', have a proboscis capable of piercing fruit skins, allowing the moth to drink the fruit juice. Taxonomy The tribe may be most closely related to the clade containing the tribes Poaphilini and Ophiusini, also within the Erebinae The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of specie .... Genera *'' Anereuthina'' *'' Avatha'' *'' Cocytia'' *'' Ophyx'' *'' Serrodes'' References Erebinae Moth tribes {{Cocytiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocytia
''Cocytia'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, ''Cocytia durvillii'', an uncommon day-flying moth found in lowland areas of the Moluccas, Aru, and New Guinea. The species has clear wings bordered with black, with an orange patch at the base of each forewing and long antennae, thicker at the outer end. Both the genus and species were first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ... in 1828. Subspecies *''Cocytia durvillii durvillii'' (Papua New Guinea) *''Cocytia durvillii chlorosoma'' Butler, 1875 (Aru) *''Cocytia durvillii aurantiaca'' Rothschild, 1897 (Tenimber) *''Cocytia durvillii ribbei'' Druce, 1884 (Aru) *''Cocytia durvillii veitschi'' Butler, 1884 (Batchian) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serrodes
''Serrodes'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Costa of the forewings slightly arched before apex. Cilia of forewings and hindwings strongly crenulate. Tibia extremely hairy in both sexes. Mid tibia of male with dense long hair lying along their inner sides. Larva with four abdominal prolegs, with rudimentary first pair. Species * '' Serrodes caesia'' Warren, 1915 * '' Serrodes campana'' Guenée, 1852 * ''Serrodes flavitincta'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Serrodes malgassica'' Viette, 1972 * '' Serrodes mediopallens'' Prout, 1924 * '' Serrodes partita'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Serrodes trispila'' (Mabille, 1890) * '' Serrodes villosipeda'' Strand, 1910 Former species * '' Serrodes curvilinea'' Prout, 1921 * '' Serrodes inara'' Cramer, 779 __NOTOC__ Year 779 ( DCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 779 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebinae
The Erebinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Erebine moths are found on all continents except Antarctica, but reach their greatest diversity in the tropics. While the exact number of species belonging to the Erebinae is not known, the subfamily is estimated to include around 10,000 species. Some well-known Erebinae include underwing moths (''Catocala'') and witch moths (Thermesiini). Many of the species in the subfamily have medium to large wingspans (7 to 10 cm, 3 to 4 inches), up to nearly 30 cm in the white witch moth (''Thysania agrippina''), which has the widest wingspan of all Lepidoptera. Erebine caterpillars feed on a broad range of plants; many species feed on Poaceae, grasses and legumes, and a few are pests of Ricinus, castor bean, sugarcane, rice, as well as pistachios and Blackberry, blackberries. Morphology Erebine moths possess a number of adaptations for predator defense. Most Erebinae, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anereuthina
''Anereuthina'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin .... Description Palpi upturned and met by a sharp frontal tuft, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and roughly scaled, and long and obliquely porrect (extending forward) third joint. Antennae usually minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. The fore tibia fringed with long hair in male. Mid tibia spined. Forewings with somewhat rounded apex. Species *'' Anereuthina atriplaga'' (Walker, 1869) *'' Anereuthina renosa'' Hübner, 1823 Former species *'' Anereuthina lilach'' (Guenée, 1852) References Cocytiini Noctuoidea genera {{Cocytiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatha
''Avatha'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species *'' Avatha bipartita'' (Wileman, 1915) *'' Avatha bubo'' (Geyer, 1832) *'' Avatha chinensis'' (Warren, 1913) *'' Avatha complens'' (Walker, 1858) *'' Avatha discolor'' (Fabricius, 1794) *'' Avatha ethiopica'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Avatha eupepla'' (Prout, 1924) *'' Avatha extranea'' (Berio, 1962) *'' Avatha garthei'' (Kobes, 1989) *'' Avatha gertae'' (Kobes, 1985) *'' Avatha heterographa'' (Hampson, 1912) *'' Avatha javanica'' (Roepke, 1941) *'' Avatha macrostidsa'' (Hampson, 1913) *'' Avatha minima'' (Swinhoe, 1918) *'' Avatha mixosema'' (Prout, 1928) *'' Avatha olivacea'' Prout *'' Avatha noctuoides'' (Guenée, 1852) *'' Avatha novoguineana'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906) *'' Avatha paucimacula'' (Roepke, 1941) *'' Avatha pratti'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906) *'' Avatha pulcherrima'' Butler, 1892 *'' Avatha pulchrior'' Holloway, 2005 *'' Avatha rufiscripta'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Avatha rhynchophora'' Prout, 1924 *'' Avatha simplex'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ophyx
''Ophyx'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin .... Species *'' Ophyx bethunei'' Holloway, 1984 *'' Ophyx bilinea'' Holloway, 1984 *'' Ophyx chionopasta'' (Hampson, 1926) *'' Ophyx crinipes'' (Felder & Rogenhofer 1874) (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) *'' Ophyx deformata'' Holloway, 1984 *'' Ophyx elliptica'' Holloway, 1984 *'' Ophyx eurrhoa'' Lower, 1903 (Australia) *'' Ophyx excisa'' (Hulstaert, 1924) *'' Ophyx inextrema'' (Prout, 1926) *'' Ophyx loxographa'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *'' Ophyx maculosus'' Holloway, 1979 *'' Ophyx meeki'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) *'' Ophyx ochroptera'' Guenée, 1852 (Australia) *'' Ophyx owgarra'' (Bethune-Baker, 1906) *'' Ophyx prereducta'' Holloway, 1984 *'' Ophyx pseudoptera'' (Lower, 1903) (Australia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxa ranked above species are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form of tribe names is as in botany, e.g., Pseudomonadeae, based on the ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moths
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (''Catocala''); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, footman and wasp moths (Arctiinae (erebid moths), Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth (''Gynaephora groenlandica''); fruit-piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zale (moth), zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, Crambidae, crambid snout moths). Some of the erebid moths are called owlets. The sizes of the adults range from among the largest of all moths (around wingspan in the Thysania agrippina, white witch) to the smallest of the macromoths ( wingspan in some of the Micronoctuini). The coloration of the adu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proboscis
A proboscis () is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular arthropod mouthparts, mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a proboscis is an elongated nose or snout. Etymology First attested in English in 1609 from Latin , the latinisation (literature), latinisation of the Ancient Greek (), which comes from () 'forth, forward, before' + (), 'to feed, to nourish'. The plural as derived from the Greek is , but in English the plural form ''proboscises'' occurs frequently. Invertebrates The most common usage is to refer to the tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates such as insects (e.g., Insect mouthparts#Proboscis, moths, butterflies, and mosquitoes), worms (including Acanthocephala, Nemertea, proboscis worms) and gastropod molluscs. Acanthocephala The Acanthocephala, the thorny-headed worms or spiny-headed worms, are characterized by the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poaphilini
The Poaphilini are a tribe (biology), tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. Taxonomy Phylogenetic studies have shown that the tribe is most closely related to the tribe Ophiusini. Those studies indicate that the genera ''Achaea (moth), Achaea'', ''Mimophisma'', and ''Ophisma'' belong in the Poaphilini despite formerly being classified in the Ophiusini. Genera *''Achaea (moth), Achaea'' *''Allotria'' *''Argyrostrotis'' *''Bastilla (moth), Bastilla'' *''Chalciope (moth), Chalciope'' *''Cutina'' *''Focillidia'' *''Gondysia'' *''Mimophisma'' *''Ophisma'' *''Parallelia'' References Poaphilini, Erebinae Moth tribes {{Erebinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
